17/12/2025
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JUST 28 DAYS WITHOUT PARABENS AND PHTHALATES TURNED OFF BREAST CANCER GENES
In an interview with The Telegraph yesterday, Welsh singer Charlotte Church said she has concerns about chemicals in antiperspirants and encourages women to “do whatever feels good” with their bodies, admitting she “generally stinks”!
She has stepped away from celebrity life in recent years, devoting her time to running her wellness retreat in Wales. It provides nature-based experiences and sound healing treatments sometimes led by our musical collaborator, Tim Wheater.
Charlotte will feel vindicated by a report published this week in which scientists found that removing common chemicals from personal care products can start reversing cancer-associated changes in breast cells - in just 28 days.
Researchers tracked 36 healthy women who had long used products containing parabens and phthalates, chemicals found in everything from body wash to foundation. These substances can mimic oestrogen, a hormone linked to increased breast cancer risk when overstimulated. Participants didn’t take medication or change their diet. They simply swapped their usual cosmetics, lotions, and shampoos for versions free of these endocrine disruptors.
After four weeks, urine samples confirmed lower chemical exposure. But the most striking changes came from breast tissue biopsies.
The cells began behaving less like cancer cells: they stopped suppressing cell-death signals (a key feature of tumours), activated protective oestrogen pathways, and shifted away from gene patterns associated with high cancer risk.
It’s the first human study to show that personal care chemicals may nudge healthy cells toward cancer - and that removing them can start to undo that shift. While it’s not definitive proof that switching products prevents breast cancer, it’s strong evidence that what you put on your body matters - and your body responds faster than anyone expected.
(The study is published in the journal Chemosphere.)
