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2. Return of the relaxer? Why some Black women are ... - AOL

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   Long histories of Black women being ostracized for sporting natural hair made relaxers a staple for many young Black girls. "My mom put a relaxer in my hair when I was in fifth grade, and I ...

3. Are chemical hair relaxers safe? - AOL

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   Danielle Ward Mason started using hair relaxer when she was eight years old. ... "60% of the women who reported using straighteners or relaxers in the last year were Black women," says Alexandra ...

4. Johnson Products Company - Wikipedia

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   [1] [3] By the 1960s had an estimated 80 percent of the black hair-care market and annual sales of $12.6 million by 1970. [1] In 1971, JPC went public and was the first African American owned company to trade on the American Stock Exchange. [1] [5] The company's most well-known product was Afro Sheen for natural hair when afros became popular.

5. Relaxer - Wikipedia

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   A potential causal link between relaxers and breast cancer was found by researchers associated with the Black Women’s Health Study . The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a ban on using the chemical formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers, citing its link to cancer and other long-term adverse health effects. [8]

6. Rio Hair Naturalizer System - Wikipedia

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   The Rio Hair Naturalizer System was a hair relaxer distributed by the World Rio Corporation Inc. It was available in two types; "Neutral", and one that claimed to have a "Color Enhancement Formula" that contained a black hair dye. [1] As a product designed for home use, it was promoted through infomercials in the early to mid-1990s.

7. FDA once again pushes back proposal to ban cancer-linked ...

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   Removing the chemical from hair relaxers has been a long-standing goal for advocates. A wide range of studies have linked formaldehyde to certain cancers, including uterine cancer and blood cancer .