Woman sues five companies alleging their chemical hair-straightening products caused her uterine cancer.
Jenny Mitchell said she first started using chemical hair-straightening products in 2000 when she was in third grade.
Now, Mitchell, represented by a group of attorneys, including Ben Crump, is suing five hair relaxer manufacturers, including L’Oreal USA, alleging their products caused her cancer.new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute Around 60% of women in the study who reported using chemical straightening products were self-identified Black women.When Mitchell learned about the study, she said she was"shocked."Mitchell said many Black women like herself face pressures to use hair-straightening products, which she said she typically used every four weeks, to adhere to American beauty standards.
But the authors of the new study said that"more research is needed" to determine if hair-straightening chemicals could be shown to cause an increased risk for uterine cancer.