Hair Relaxers and Fibroids: Black Woman’s Lawsuit Revived by Georgia Supreme Court

For decades, hair relaxers promoted the creation of sleek styles, but the chemicals may have resulted in long-term health ...
Yahoo

Black women say hair relaxers gave them cancer

STORY: Thousands of Black women allege hair relaxers gave them uterine cancer. And they're taking cosmetic heavyweights to court in the U.S.. Sheila Bush is among them. The 69-year-old has relaxed her ...
WBEZ

Smooth and straight — and now sick? Thousands of Black women are suing the makers of hair relaxers in federal court in Chicago.

Growing up in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood in the late 1990s, Traccye Love wished for the long, smooth tresses of pop star Aaliyah. “That was the look then — smooth and straight,” said Love, of Oak ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

I started using hair relaxers at age 8. Like many Black women, I paid a price

Across the country, Black women are learning about the health consequences linked with using hair relaxers and are banding together to demand these products – used predominantly by Black and brown ...
The New York Times

A Shared Lived Experience Fueled an Investigation on Hair Relaxers

To report on the dangers of hair straightening products, one writer recalled her childhood — and that of other Black women. By Linda Villarosa Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hair relaxer ingredients tied to cancer risk, say lawsuits and FDA. St. Louis stylists offer options.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A NIH study published in 2022 has led to numerous lawsuits filed against the makers of hair relaxer products, alleging that ...
Newsday

Studies link chemical hair relaxers to health risks, spurring shift among Black women

Maria Loren Ackies remembers the first time she went to the salon to get her hair professionally straightened. “I was 14 and I was so excited,” Ackies, 49, of West Hempstead, recalled. But her mood ...
Black Enterprise

Will The FDA’s Possible Ban On Chemical Relaxers Affect Hair Salons And Further Research?

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been considering banning certain chemicals in hair straighteners. In March, Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Shontel Brown urged the agency to ...
Nasdaq

INSIGHT-Thousands of Black women claim hair relaxers gave them cancer

Nov 4 (Reuters) - 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 ...
WRAL

Lawsuit: Hair relaxers used by Black women linked to increased risk of cancer

Like many Black women, Jessica Harris started using hair relaxers when she was just a pre-teen. Cultural pressures and beauty standards led the young girl, growing up in Wilson, to believe that was ...
The Telegraph

4 Georgia Black women sue for millions after study finds health impacts of hair relaxers

Four Georgia Black women filed separate lawsuits against major chemical hair relaxer manufacturers after exposure to the products was linked to cancer and uterine fibroids. A study published in the ...
MSNBC

There’s a straight line between natural-hair discrimination and a higher risk of cancer

There are very few Black women over the age of 40 who have not used relaxers to straighten their hair, which isn’t to say, of course, that Black women and girls far younger than that haven’t used them ...