Jun 02 2024 44 mins 4
Thousands of Black Women file Lawsuits claiming Hair Relaxers gave them Cancer; Black Lawmakers Reintroduce The CROWN Act to Ban Hair Discrimination - TheAHNShow with Historian & National Political Commentator Michael Imhotep 6-2-24
Thousands of African American Women have filed Lawsuits against hair relaxer companies after the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) study found an association, though not a causal link, between frequent use of chemical hair relaxers and uterine cancer. Hair straighteners such as L’Oreal’s Dark & Lovely and Revlon’s Creme of Nature are marketed overwhelmingly to women of color, according to the lawsuits.
REGISTER: Class #1 Sun. 6-30-24, 4pm EST, ‘Black Resistance: Haitian Revolution, US Civil War, Civil Rights Movement, Black Power 1800 – 1968, 10 Wk Online https://TheAfricanHistoryNetwork.com/
Thousands of African American Women have filed Lawsuits against hair relaxer companies after the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) study found an association, though not a causal link, between frequent use of chemical hair relaxers and uterine cancer. Hair straighteners such as L’Oreal’s Dark & Lovely and Revlon’s Creme of Nature are marketed overwhelmingly to women of color, according to the lawsuits.
REGISTER: Class #1 Sun. 6-30-24, 4pm EST, ‘Black Resistance: Haitian Revolution, US Civil War, Civil Rights Movement, Black Power 1800 – 1968, 10 Wk Online https://TheAfricanHistoryNetwork.com/
