Nutrition, Health, and Your Environment
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The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives.
Recent scientific evidence has shown that long-term use of chemical hair relaxer products can increase the risk of uterine cancer and other
Back photo of flawless charming young brunette lady hands touch long straight healthy hair isolated beige background. Researchers have discovered that hair products used predominately by Black women are likely to contain hazardous chemicals with endocrine-disrupting and carcinogenic properties. Armed with that information and research by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, civil rights
Researchers examined 33,497 participants and found those who use hair chemicals have the highest risk of developing uterine cancer.
Relaxers are a chemical treatment that loosens curl patterns and straightens afro hair. To keep the hair straight, every two to three months, the…