The Hair Relaxer MDL is now focusing on bellwether cases to test claims that chemical relaxers cause cancers. After extensive discovery and expert analysis, the court will narrow the cases for trial, ...

Formaldehyde has long been classified as a carcinogen, so why is the FDA only now moving to ban it in hair relaxers? In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human ...

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 ...

They say beauty is pain, but with these seven hair relaxers, you get to cheat the system. They contain healthy ingredients, prevent hair breakage, and protect your scalp from burning. Have you ever ...

Relaxers are known for their ability to straighten and smooth out curly or kinky hair. Hair relaxers are chemical treatments that work by breaking down the protein bonds in your hair, making it ...

*The hair relaxer cancer lawsuit is based on studies showing a strong link between chemical hair straighteners and hormone-sensitive cancers. The most influential research came in 2022 from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Major studies have linked frequent hair relaxer use to reproductive harm. (Getty Images) For decades, hair relaxers promoted the ...

Given the proven risks of using these products, health justice advocates and salon workers have urged the government to ban ...

Danielle Ward Mason started using hair relaxer when she was eight years old. "When I was a child, I always wanted to engage in things that were active; I wanted to be a cheerleader. I wanted to swim.

In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the ...