Yahoo

What Black women should know about hair relaxers and their health

The damage chemical hair relaxers can have on Black women is coming under intense scrutiny. Several landmark studies have been published in the last year highlighting the link between chemical hair ...
Times of San Diego

Thousands of Women File Lawsuits Claiming Connection Between Hair Relaxers and Uterine Cancer

Sheila Bush, a cosmetologist, was lounging in the recliner at her St. Louis-area home last winter when an advertisement from a law firm flashed up on her television screen, urging viewers to call a ...
WUSA

New study finds women using hair relaxers at high risk for uterine cancer

WASHINGTON — The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) which is part of the National Institute of Health (NIH) released a study that shows women are at a higher risk for uterine ...
UPI

Study: Chemical hair relaxers may put Black women at higher risk for uterine cancer

Oct. 11 (UPI) --Black women's long-term use of some chemical hair relaxers at least twice a year has been associated with a higher risk of uterine cancer, according to a new study done by Boston ...
Chicago Tribune

Hair relaxers have been linked to cancer among Black women, litigation says. ‘Nobody cares except us.’

LaTonya Shuler, 50, of Indianapolis, had planned to have children. But at age 32, she was diagnosed with uterine cancer. After six weeks of radiation and a hysterectomy for Shuler, a home health aide ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Inside the court fight over the safety of hair relaxers and Black hair care

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WBAL-TV

Study shows hair relaxers connected to increased risk of cancer

11 NEWS REPORTER MEGAN RIVERS HAS THE STORY. THERE’S JUST A LOT OF MISAPPLICATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE’RE RELAXED IS THE GOAL IS TO TO GET THE HAIR AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE. WHAT IS THE ...
WKYC3

Damage Control: Thousands of women sue, call for transparency after hair relaxers linked to cancer

INDIANAPOLIS — Permanent chemical hair relaxers remain popular, despite studies linking usage with uterine and other cancers. Two studies supported by the National Institutes of Health show a higher ...
Cleveland.com

Hair relaxers may disproportionately expose Black, Hispanic women to harmful chemicals linked to cancer, infertility, studies suggest

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Black, Hispanic and mixed-race people often face restrictions on natural hairstyles at work and school, so they turn to chemical hair straighteners to help them achieve smooth ...
WFAA8

She was diagnosed with uterine cancer at 30. Now, she wants to hold hair relaxer companies responsible.

TEXAS, USA — Jessicca Alexander remembers the day she first asked her mother if she could straighten her hair. “The girls at school were making fun of me for my tight kinky hair,” Alexander said. She ...
Forbes

Hair Straightener Lawsuit Update

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