Toxic chemical in hair products for Black women can fuel cancer spread - Insider


6/13/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Allana Akhtar

Black women have a 41% higher death rate from breast cancer, and those under 50 have double the mortality rate of white women.

Hair-care and beauty products marketed to Black women often contain a class of hormone-disrupting chemicals called parabens. According to a new study, those chemicals are not only linked to increased… [+2551 chars]

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