In fact, hair relaxers marketed to children in the United ... to be published in the journal Annals of Epidemiology. “I had a baby,” she says. “I got married. I moved.” ...

Three women tell their stories about their experiences using relaxers, and what their diagnoses have meant for their and their families' lives.

“I still have moments to this day where I wonder what it would have been like just to be pregnant, just to feel the kick of a baby,” Appling ... use of chemical hair relaxers were at increased ...

“I mean, children are being exposed to these.” The first study linking hair relaxers to uterine cancer, published in 2022, found that frequent use of chemical straighteners more than doubled a ...

ExploreI started using hair relaxers at age 8 ... Other consumer products such as tobacco, baby powder and baby food, all come to mind. Allowing the Burroughs case to move forward in Georgia ...

My baby — I was upstairs ... But no one has found a way to relax hair without the straightening chemicals, she said. “Relaxers are such a large part of the industry in terms of revenue ...

Both sets of cases are part of litigation on a national scale that have been underway for some time, and attorneys involved ...

The Georgia Supreme Court will determine how much time a person has to claim that prolonged use of hair relaxer products caused injuries, in a case set to influence hundreds of such cases pending ...

"I mean, children are being exposed to these." The first study linking hair relaxers to uterine cancer, published in 2022, found that frequent use of chemical straighteners more than doubled a ...