Santa Clara, CAThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in early January issued a warning: formaldehyde, a chemical in hair relaxers and hair straighteners, “presents an unreasonable risk of injury to human health”.... Read more »
Queens, NYA recent awareness event held in Queens brought together dozens of women to discuss the possible link between hair relaxers and serious health issues, including reproductive cancer. A panel of women... Read more »
Santa Clara, CAAs advocates and watchdogs with organizations like the NAACP and the Environmental Working Group, and at least one politician, create more awareness amongst Black women about serious health risks of... Read more »
Santa Clara, CAJust five months after a study published in 2021 showed a link between the use of hair straightener, women—and mostly Black women—diagnosed with uterine and ovarian cancers began filing hair... Read more »
Santa Clara, CADespite studies over the past decade determining that formaldehyde and other toxic chemicals in hair relaxers are linked to reproductive-health disorders, and despite consumers concerns since the late 2000s, and... Read more »
Santa Clara, CATwo lawmakers in March 2023 wrote a letter to the FDA, urging it to ban harmful chemicals in hair relaxers. Last month, those lawmakers sent another letter to the agency... Read more »
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Angela Mackie-Rutledge back to our pages. Click... Read more »
Recent studies have found that hair straighteners and hair relaxers contain toxic chemicals that are known to cause cancer. Increasingly, women who frequently used these products and have been diagnosed with uterine... Read more »