Skip to content

Your bag

Nothing in here yet.

Three steps is a good place to start.

see the routine
the live free daily

“who did something small for you this week that they probably forgot about?”

today's question →

← the glossary

Aluminum salts

Never allowedReviewed September 18, 2026

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.

open the glossary