Pure Sport High Endurance Deodorant Stick vs Deodorant Cream 2oz Glass: which is safer?
Deodorant Cream 2oz Glass 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
Puracy
Deodorant Cream 2oz Glass
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFragrance allergens
PossibleFormaldehyde releasers
ReportedGlass container breakage
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 Puracy.
- We flag Fragrance allergens, Formaldehyde releasers and Glass container breakage on the Puracy and not on the Old Spice.
- The Old Spice is Aluminum/talc stick base with standard cosmetic additives where the Puracy is Glass jar; water-based cream formula, 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 Puracy is the one to buy.
Both products run through the same public rubric: 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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