How Body Spray Affect Your Health??
Every time I see someone
using a body spray in my gym, I walk to the other side of the changing room.
Why? Few seem to understand these air-freshener-like body sprays contain
synthetic fragrances that are made from many chemicals, many of which may be
very harmful to the health of not only the person who is ‘wearing’ them but all
those breathing the air around them, too.
Body Sprays and
Perfumes have now become an essential need for everybody, particularly
teenagers. Walk past an adolescent, and you’d smell the extreme fragrance of
body sprays lingering all day long.
Bodysprays contain
toxins like hormone-disrupting phthalates and synthetic musks, which have been
associated with serious health risks, including heart disease.
Teenage boys and girls
are particularly susceptible to hormone-disrupting chemicals like phthalates
because of the ways the chemicals influence their rapidly developing
reproductive systems. Animal studies have found that male rats exposed to
phthalates during puberty had more testicular problems, and a report from the
Journal for Applied Toxicology has suggested that there may be a link between
spraying the hormone-disrupting chemicals contained in deodorants and breast
cancer, especially those tumours found in the outer quarter of the breast.
But these chemicals
also have immediate negative health effects on many full-grown adults, too,
including triggering asthma, eye and throat irritation, dermatitis, and more.
The manufacturers surely know it, too otherwise, why would there be warnings on
the back of Lynx canisters that advise ‘use in short bursts in well-ventilated
spaces’; ‘avoid prolonged spraying’ and ‘keep out of reach of children’?
Fortunately, you can
still smell wonderful without ruining your health! There are several
alternatives to perilous body spray that you can make at home or buy. If you
want to get all boho and create your body deodorizer, baking soda can be mixed
with a small amount of water or oil to cornstarch, to absorb moisture.
The equivalent effect
of antiperspirant deodorants is often obtained using witch hazel because it
constricts the pores so sweat can’t seep through and blend with the bacteria on
the skin. Alcohol and lemon may even help kill bacteria that cause odours, and
beeswax, mineral salts, and essential oils also are tried and tested deodorant
alternatives.
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