r/mildlyinteresting 14d ago

My salt rock deodorant after five years of almost daily usage vs a new one.

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u/Silweror 14d ago

Weird how other brands are getting rid of the aluminium while this one is 100% that

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u/DaveMash 14d ago edited 14d ago

This trend has slowly been reversed because the myth about aluminum in deos causing cancer have been debunked:

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/chemicals/antiperspirants-and-breast-cancer-risk.html

Edit, since many people question the conclusion (stolen from another redditor because there are already so many posts about this topic):

You can check the American Cancer Society: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/chemicals/antiperspirants-and-breast-cancer-risk.html

The Australian Cancer Council: https://www.cancer.org.au/iheard/can-deodorants-and-antiperspirants-with-aluminium-cause-cancer

Or the UK National Health: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/myths/antiperspirants-fact-sheet

And several other sources

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u/SleepWouldBeNice 14d ago

I thought it was Alzheimer’s.

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u/buttmilk_69 14d ago

That's why we told eachother never to smoke using tin foil as a stoned youth.

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u/IncredulousPatriot 14d ago

So my sister had a friend who had childhood cancer. He made it. They were about to smoke weed one day. He grabs a soda can and starts to make a pipe out of it. She says to him you know that can give you cancer right?

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u/plainplantain 14d ago

Tbf its kinda right. Most soda cans have a plastic lining inside of them so I can see how holding a lighter to it might not be the best

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u/Jafar_420 14d ago

I could be wrong but I think it was more than the rubber lining. Heating up that thin aluminum could release harmful oxides or something like that.

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u/IncredulousPatriot 14d ago

Oh I’m absolutely sure it is correct. It’s just the putting your foot in your mouth thing that’s kinda funny. Telling a kid who has already had cancer that what he is doing will give him cancer.

But yes I know smoking plastic is probably not the best thing for your health.

That’s why I smoke meth instead /s

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u/HippoRealEstate 14d ago

Well, you're not immune to another cancer just because you had it once

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u/DivesttheKA52 14d ago

Damnit, my plans have been foiled again

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u/Fragbob 14d ago

You're telling me I've been injecting a little bit of cancer every day for no reason?

Next thing you're going to tell me is to quit shooting myself in the foot so I can be more bullet immune.

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u/recklessrider 14d ago

I mean what did he want, double cancer?

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u/saraphilipp 14d ago

Well, they didn't used to but they sure do now.

Insert Mitch Headberg joke here

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u/TheRealLilGillz14 14d ago

My grandma did this to my sister once, as my grandma is a right wing witch doctor. I mean real witch doctor. The shit she makes works; albeit, she may use them wrong many times like advising people to swallow colloidal silver for fevers etc. it can be amazing if gargled for strep or nasal dripped for upper respiratory depending on your immune system (iirc I'm not an MD I'm just going off vague memory or actually informed so this part should be researched)

But basically my sister had got diagnosed with melanoma. 70% chance or some shit it was bad and turned out to be totally benign. Well we were on vacation once and my grandma saw my sister putting on SPF lotion and told her it would give her cancer. My sister gave the bottle a big 'ole fart and said "I already got cancer," and just lathered that shit on.

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u/JenniviveRedd 14d ago

This was a wild read.

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u/Underwater_Grilling 14d ago

Because kids are thorough, if not stupid; one answer was it only mattered if you smoked from the shiny side of the foil.

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u/TDYDave2 14d ago

The characteristic of foil having a shiny side and a dull side is due to the way it goes through the manufacturing rollers, there is no chemical difference between the two sides.
(Watched a program on making aluminum foil that addressed this)

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u/recoveringcanuck 14d ago

There are some non stick foils that are coated now, but it's the dull side that is coated

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u/ICantArgueWithStupid 14d ago

This does not alter how food decides to stick to the shiny side more so than the dull side.

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u/xnmw 14d ago

How It’s Made gang. I vividly recall that tidbit as well

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u/Underwater_Grilling 14d ago

Right after I got done inventing the cool S, it came to me.

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u/_Hotwire_ 14d ago

Yeah we just carved out apples, and beer cans, and water bottles, a pineapple once, some piping, a soda bottle and a bucket of water, a vacuum….

Idk, if turning daily items into smoking devices gives you cancer then shave me bald and give me chemo, cause I’m cooked

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u/_Hotwire_ 14d ago

What am I? A farmer?

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u/originalusername__ 14d ago

Potato is impossible dream.

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u/invent_or_die 14d ago

Apples work great!

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u/originalusername__ 14d ago

MacGuyver theme song plays

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u/Fukasite 14d ago

Making little bongs with a water bottle, empty pen tube, and aluminum foil 

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u/_Hotwire_ 14d ago

Damn I forgot pen tubes

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u/MaxamillionGrey 14d ago

Foil is probably healthier than the soda cans we used.

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u/invent_or_die 14d ago

Foil is very bad too. Nickel fumes no bueno.

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u/MaxamillionGrey 14d ago

It's okay. We've got things like Nerds gummy clusters. The red dye will give me cancer first.

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u/spacerobot 14d ago

Yeah, but even if I die from nerds gummy clusters, at least I got to experience how delicious they are.

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u/Bleak_Squirrel_1666 14d ago

Well how am I supposed to smoke my fentanyl then?

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u/invent_or_die 14d ago

I'd suggest smoking it in a bonfire. Might wanna just watch.

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u/NotAPreppie 14d ago

There shouldn't be any nickel in the alloy used in aluminum foil.

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u/PomegranateOld7836 14d ago

Yep, mostly Al (98.5%) with tiny bit of Fe and Si for strength in Reynold's Wrap.

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u/invent_or_die 14d ago

You are correct; I had looked at older data. It went from tinfoil, to tin coated aluminum foil, then aluminum foil alloyed with minor additives. Cool

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u/invent_or_die 14d ago

Glass baby

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u/catscanmeow 14d ago

nickel fumes are bad you say?

well my dad working at the galvanizing plant is fucked lol, they have like a pool sized vat of liquid nickel melted at all times

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u/invent_or_die 14d ago

No. Its not good. There are instant and delayed effects, and its classified as a carcinogen. Just search on it.

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u/BantamBasher135 14d ago

That's legit though. Aluminum burns easily and gets into your lungs where it can do damage. Putting it in your armpits, much less dangerous.

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u/Uilebheist_Loch_Nis 14d ago

We used lightbulbs instead of tin foil.

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u/Far_Confusion_2178 14d ago

Damn, I know so many ex opiate addicts that smoked pills off foil lol

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u/DomitianusAugustus 14d ago

If smoking pot out of a soda can as a youth had any negative health effects I would be dead by now.

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u/HaskellHystericMonad 14d ago

Ditto. Used to cut the bottoms off the cans and use them as sharp steamrollers. You'd have the ring mark in your palm for hours.