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Personal care products disrupt the human oxidation field

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204 points XzetaU8 | 5 comments | 29 Jun 25 17:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dylan604 ◴[29 Jun 25 18:00 UTC] No.44415021[source]▶
The opening paragraph is precisely why so many people have moved to natural ingredient products and fragrance free. Some fragrance makers have new for formulas with “clean” ingredients, but they are still proprietary and come with a “trust us” promise. It’s interesting to see the specifics of what these products can do other than what’s advertised on the tin.
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kstrauser ◴[29 Jun 25 18:33 UTC] No.44415255[source]▶
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1. riffraff ◴[29 Jun 25 19:31 UTC] No.44415667[source]▶
You jest, but there's a ton of people convinced they can use rock alum which is natural and so is better than industrial deodorants which contain aluminium.
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2. kstrauser ◴[29 Jun 25 20:24 UTC] No.44416117[source]▶
My inner chemistry geek weeps.
3. kajecounterhack ◴[29 Jun 25 21:15 UTC] No.44416482[source]▶
I'm similarly puzzled by "uncured bacon" which afaik still uses naturally occurring nitrites. How they're allowed to call it uncured when it's clearly still cured is beyond me.
4. PaulHoule ◴[29 Jun 25 21:17 UTC] No.44416495[source]▶
I can't use those aluminum containing antiperspirants at all -- they violently irritate my eyes if I put them on my skin.
5. johnyzee ◴[29 Jun 25 22:47 UTC] No.44417309[source]▶
The rock alum works better, and I don't think you can get it into a different form. The stuff in deodorant is a different aluminium compound.