Does antiperspirant use increase the risk of aluminium-related disease, including Alzheimer's disease?
Aluminium salts are the major constituent of many widely used antiperspirant products. The use of such antiperspirants has been linked with the systemic accumulation of aluminium and an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. But can the frequent use of aluminium-based antiperspirants lead to the accumulation of toxic levels of aluminium? And are there measures that we can take to reduce such accumulation without reducing the effectiveness of antiperspirants?
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Birchall Centre for Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Science, Dept of Chemistry, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK. cha38@keele.ac.uk
D000535:Aluminum / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000209:etiology; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013546:Sweating
D003358:Cosmetics; D000535:Aluminum