This document discusses why you should make your own deodorant. It notes that many commercial deodorant brands contain phthalates, aluminum, propylene glycol, and triclosan. Phthalates are linked to reduced fertility and babies with low birth weights or asthma. Aluminum is linked to Alzheimer's and breast cancer. Propylene glycol can damage the nervous system, liver, and heart. Triclosan is classified as a pesticide. The document also states that toxicity information is kept private by the personal care industry, creating an imbalance between what they know and what consumers know. It then asks if you are ready to learn how to make your own deodorant.

1. Why Should You Make
Your Own Deodorant?
By: Alicia Mitchell

2. Do You Currently Use Any Of These Brands?

3. What ingredients does all
these brands have in
common?

4. What ingredients does all these
brands have in common?
*Phthalates reduce sperm count, reduce
fertility, cause babies to have low birth
weights, allergies, and asthma.

5. What ingredients does all these
brands have in common?
*Aluminum is linked to Alzheimer’s disease and
breast cancer.

6. What ingredients does all the
brands have in common?

7. What ingredients does all the
brands have in common?
*Propylene Glycol can cause damage to the
central nervous system, liver, and heart.

8. What ingredients does all the
brands have in common?
*Triclosan classifies as a pesticide by the FDA.

9. Did you know…?
 “Toxicity and health
information is kept within
the personal care product
industry in the United
States, and this creates
an inequity of information
between the industry and
consumer” (Kraus, 2015).

10. Did you know…?
“If a consumer knew that
the deodorant in their hands
was considered safe in the
United States, but not in
France, that assumption of
safety would become more
complicated” (Kraus, 2015).

12. Are you ready to learn how to
make your own deodorant?

13. References:
 Klaschka, U. (2016). Natural personal care products-analysis of ingredient
lists and legal situation. Environmental Sciences Europe, 28(1), pp. 1-14.
doi:10.1186/s12302-016-0076-7.
 Kraus, T. L. (2015). Caring about personal care products: Regulation in
the United States, the European Union, and China in the age of global
consumption. Wisconsin International Law Journal, 33(1) , pp. 167-193.
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