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Thousands of Black Women file Lawsuits claiming Hair Relaxers gave them Cancer

Thousands of Black Women file Lawsuits claiming Hair Relaxers gave them Cancer

Update: 2024-06-03
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Thousands of Black Women file Lawsuits claiming Hair Relaxers gave them Cancer; Black Lawmakers Reintroduce The CROWN Act to Ban Hair Discrimination - TheAHNShow with Historian & National Political Commentator Michael Imhotep 6-2-24

 

Thousands of African American Women have filed Lawsuits against hair relaxer companies after the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) study found an association, though not a causal link, between frequent use of chemical hair relaxers and uterine cancer. Hair straighteners such as L’Oreal’s Dark & Lovely and Revlon’s Creme of Nature are marketed overwhelmingly to women of color, according to the lawsuits.

 

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Thousands of Black Women file Lawsuits claiming Hair Relaxers gave them Cancer

Thousands of Black Women file Lawsuits claiming Hair Relaxers gave them Cancer

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