Pure Sport High Endurance Deodorant Stick vs Baking Soda Free Deodorant: which is safer?
Primally Pure Baking Soda Free Deodorant is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Old Spice
Pure Sport High Endurance Deodorant Stick
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleTalc (contamination with asbestos or talc-associated ovarian cancer)
PossibleFragrance allergens and skin sensitization
PossibleMicrobial growth from stick degradation or storage
Our pick
Primally Pure
Baking Soda Free Deodorant
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleSkin irritation from magnesium hydroxide alkalinity
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Talc (contamination with asbestos or talc-associated ovarian cancer), Fragrance allergens and skin sensitization and Microbial growth from stick degradation or storage on the Old Spice and not on the Primally Pure.
- We flag Skin irritation from magnesium hydroxide alkalinity on the Primally Pure and not on the Old Spice.
- The Old Spice is Aluminum/talc stick base with standard cosmetic additives where the Primally Pure is mineral-based powder blend (arrowroot, magnesium hydroxide, mica), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Primally Pure is the one to buy.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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