anfornum t1_j6fqthl wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:37 AM

Reply to comment by tukekairo in Black and Hispanic hairdressers are exposed to a complex mixture of chemicals, many of them unknown, potentially hazardous, and undisclosed on product labels, researchers report. There are more than 700,000 hairdressers in the United States, more than 90% of whom are estimated to be women. by MistWeaver80

There was a big study done because they noted that Asian women working in salons were dying of a really specific cancer. Turned out it was from the stuff in the mail products. I think it I learned about this from a series on HBO about the beauty industry... "Not so pretty"? They were saying that women from Asian backgrounds were being exposed to dangerous chemicals every day but not being warned. A lot died very early. It is a sad documentary. The same can be said for people working with textured hair. They use different products on the hair and some of these are maybe not as regulated or are brought in from out of the country and so haven't been through the same checks. It's good that this is coming to light more and more but bad that it's still an issue.