The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering banning chemicals that have been linked to cancer from use in hair straightening products.
is a strong-smelling but colorless gas that is also found in building materials, glues and permanent-press fabrics. It is also present in cigarette smoke and gas stove emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Using hair smoothing products containing formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals “is linked to short-term adverse health effects, such as sensitization reactions and breathing problems, and long-term adverse health effects, including an increased risk of certain cancers,” thepublished last year showed that repeated use of hair straightening products, which are sometimes called relaxers, could more than double the risk of uterine cancer.
Hair straightening products have also been linked to elevated risks of cancers that use hormones to grow, such as breast cancer and ovarian cancer.“The FDA’s proposal to ban these harmful chemicals in hair straighteners and relaxers is a win for public health – especially the health of Black women who are disproportionately put at risk by these products as a result of systemic racism and anti-Black hair sentiment,” Pressley said in aissued jointly with Brown.
“Regardless of how we wear our hair, we should be allowed to show up in the world without putting our health at risk. I applaud the FDA for being responsive to our calls and advancing a rule that will help prevent manufacturers from making a profit at the expense of our health,” Pressley said in the statement. “The administration should finalize this rule without delay.
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