Commercial - Rexona

Deodorants and antiperspirants are used to temporarily eliminate body odour. Usually, bacteria will be there in the armpits because it is not exposed to sunlight.  Rexona is a popular deodorant which reduces the bad body odour with pleasant smelling perfume and it also has the necessary chemical ingredients to kill the bacteria in the armpits. But rexona is responsible for a lot of environmental and health impacts. The deodorant like rexona have several mineral oils. These mineral oils release a large amount of carbon and other harmful polluting substances into the environment. One of the most important ingredient in rexona is aluminium in the form of aluminium chlorohydrate, aluminium zirconium tetrachlorohydrex, aluminium chloride, and aluminium zirconium tricholorohydrex compounds.  But when this aluminium reacts with our body, it can cause breast cancer in women and also Alzhemier’s disease. These deodorants can also affect kidneys indirectly.  When people try to mine the aluminium present in deodorants, they destroy several natural land areas, create pollution in water and also cause several other environmental problems. Rexona also has a large number of organic compounds. These organic compounds increase the level of ozone in the environment. Similarly, triclosan is also an important ingredient in the manufacture of many deodorants like rexona.  But this triclosan makes the human body resistant to antibiotics. Similarly, when the human beings take bath, the triclosan which will be present in the arm pits will mix with the water used to take bath and reach the ground water. This chemical also kills several aquatic organisms and also affects the endocrine systems of several fish and frogs. One more important component is parabens which is responsible for killing the bacteria in the armpits. This parabens is an environmental oestrogen. Oestrogen is a hormone which is produced by the body in women. This oestrogen should be present in an optimal amount to be healthy. When there is an excess of oestrogen produced in the body, this causes several hormonal diseases in women.  When women are exposed more to parabens because of the use of deodorants, this increases the oestrogen hormone in the body and causes several hormone related diseases in women. This parabens is actually formed from a petrochemical derivative named toluene.  This also causes several skin diseases in people who have sensitive skin.  Deodorants also have several components which shrink the body tissues and create small rashes in our armpits. In order to reduce the harm created by these deodorants people can go in for natural deodorants and antiperspirants.  People should always choose the deodorants with less harmful chemicals, baking soda, vinegar, vegetable glycerine, etc.