Luckily Degree Deodorant won't be killing me anytime soon. The ewg.org website has only issued this brand of deodorant a score of 4, with the overall hazard ending up just below moderate.
There are some ingredients of concern however, mainly fragrance and BMT.
Fragrance is a worry because of Ecotoxicology, Allergies/immunotoxicity, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Miscellaneous, and Organ system toxicity. The price of smelling good just became more than $3 at Walmart
A single “fragrance” in a product is really a mixture of several dozen to several hundred chemicals, with many classified as toxic — none of which are required to be disclosed to consumers. Exposure to fragrances has been linked to asthma, migraines and other negative impacts.
Currently I haven't experience any asthma or migraines lately so I'm fine with continuing to smell not bad.
Next on the list is BHT. Cancer, Developmental/reproductive toxicity, Allergies/immunotoxicity, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), and Organ system toxicity are all included in the BHT package.
However, if the USA FDA allows small doses of BHT into food additives then I am not too worried about it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butylated_hydroxytoluene) Especially sense I am not consuming degree by the spoonful, and the label strictly states "not for internal use."
Overall I am glad EWG has a website that shows the chemicals we apply to ourselves daily.
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