Question 1

Does this contain aluminum? The reviews seem to imply.

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Yes it does. They are being dishonest by calling this a natural deodorant. The ingredient "alcloxa" is aluminum. I can't believe they are passing this off as natural, safe, and nontoxic. Another website selling this deodorant has this warning on the product description: "Contains alcloxa which may cause breast cancer and Alzheimer's."

Question 2

Is alvera a cf company? i got the original aloe herbal one today but i wasn't able to find any tips or articles saying whether or not it is.

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CF means cruelty free.  Well let's start with suspected cruelty to the consumer the "Tea" listed in the ingredients here is actually TEA or more completely said  Triethanolamine.  Alcloxa is usually sourced from uric acid from cow urine.  So it depends what you consider cruelty free.  Want more?

There is lots of aluminum in this!  Alcloxa is a trade name for what is properly known as 3-chloro(hydroxy)alumanyl-1-(2,5-dioxoimidazolidin-4-yl)urea; aluminium hydroxide.  Google alcloxa  then work it out from the chemistry and molecular weights or just take my word for it.  It has a molecular weight of  about 318 grams/mol and aluminum has a molecular weight of 29 so since there are two molecules of aluminum in every alcloxa molecule you are looking at about a 18% concentration by weight of aluminum in the third ingredient of this cosmetic.  So lets be clear, the third ingredient is an organic (meaning carbon containing not USDA-organic) salt.   Alcloxa is the third ingredient (behind aloe vera gel and water (with lots of parenthesized extracts dumped in parenthesis under water).

BTW it's interesting to note that the "tea" late in the ingredient list is not the tea you drink but Triethanolamine which might not be very good for you,  so it's banned in  Europe.  Of course we all know that the US FDA always puts the public first and would never allow anything harmful in our cosmetics or drugs.  The seller could not even have the integrity to list it as "TEA " heaven forfend they actually empowered the consumers with information by listing the chemical name Triethanolamine

Question 3

What is the percent of aluminium?

Accepted Answer

Zero percent

Question 4

animal testing

Accepted Answer

Actually Alcloxa is highly suspect in terms of animal sourcing (much higher impact than animal texting)  BTW I participated in the first animal testing studies of Nalzxone which is saving thousands of human lives.  No regrets.

Asin	B001E0T02Y
Item Model Number	00020552
Manufacturer	Alvera
Product Dimensions	2.5 x 1.5 x 5.1 inches; 5.9 ounces
Units	6 Ounce

Alvera Roll On Deod Aloe and BlkSd - 2 Pack 3 Ounce

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