Consumers sue Dabur subsidiaries in US, Canada over alleged cancer-causing hair products
livemint.comhair straightening products containing formaldehyde, saying that they are linked to hormone-related cancers and can cause "long-term adverse health effects," Fox Business reported Tuesday. The US drug regulator said in a release, the agency is considering a ban on formaldehyde and other formaldehyde-releasing chemicals like methylene glycol in straightening products.
The chemical hair straighteners release human carcinogens and can cause "long-term adverse health effects." The report said frequent breathing in formaldehyde can lead to several health issues. In the short term, it can cause irritation of the eyes and throat to cough, wheezing, or chest pain, and in the long term, it can cause chronic problems such as frequent headaches, asthma, and risk of developing cancer of the uterus, which is also called endometrial cancer.
A study by the National Institutes of Health involving 33,500 women in the US, suggested that women who use straightening products often face more than twice the risk of developing uterine cancer than those who do not, and they also have a harder time conceiving a baby. The study also noted that roughly 60% of the participants who reported using straighteners in the previous year were self-identified Black women.
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