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2. A rite of passage for many Black girls and women now raises ...

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   Concern about the health risks associated with chemical hair straighteners has grown over the last year since the National Institutes of Health released a study that found that women who used them ...

3. Congresswomen press FDA on why a proposal to ban hair ...

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   Two U.S. House members who first pushed the Food and Drug Administration in 2023 to investigate the health risks of hair straighteners used primarily by Black women are now asking the agency why ...

4. Congresswomen press FDA on why a proposal to ban hair ...

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   Black women and women of other ethnicities have used chemical hair-straightening treatments for decades, and many of the relaxers, creams and keratin treatments contain formaldehyde — a chemical ...

5. Are chemical hair relaxers safe? - AOL

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   Lawsuits alleging harm from popular hair straighteners are amplifying concerns about the products raised by scientists and the government.

6. Relaxer - Wikipedia

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   Hair relaxing, or lanthionization, colloquially known as a perm, can be performed by a professional cosmetologist in a salon, a professional barber in a barbershop or at home with relaxer kits. As with hair dye, the treated portion of the hair moves away from the scalp as the new growth of untreated hair sprouts up from the roots, requiring ...

7. FDA misses own deadline to propose ban on cancer-linked ... - AOL

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   Not all chemical hair-straighteners include it, but many do include components that, once heated, can release formaldehyde. It is highly toxic and linked to certain cancers, according to the ...