Aluminum salts
Never allowed
Aluminum Chlorohydrate · Aluminum Zirconium · Aluminum Sesquichlorohydrate · Aluminium
The active in antiperspirant. They plug the sweat duct so you don't sweat.
- What it does
- Actives & treatment
- Our take
- We want to be honest here: the breast cancer link is not well supported by the evidence, and we're not going to claim it is. We don't stock them for a simpler reason. We don't think blocking a normal bodily function is what a deodorant should do, and every deodorant we carry works without it.
- Instead try
- Zinc ricinoleate and magnesium hydroxide.
What we read
- American Cancer Society; NCI position statements · reviewed Sep 2026
Every other ingredient, with the same treatment.










