Certain Hair Products May Be Linked To Higher Breast Cancer Risk

reports that “research suggests that black women who use dark hair dyes face a higher risk of breast cancer, while chemical relaxers and straighteners boost the odds in white women.” In the “study of more than 4,000 women,” investigators found that “use of dark brown or black hair dyes by black women was tied to a 51 percent greater risk of breast cancer.” Meanwhile, “whites who used hair relaxers had 74 percent higher odds.” The findings were published in Carcinogenesis. https://consumer.healthday.com/cancer-information-5/breast-cancer-news-94/could-certain-hair-dyes-relaxers-raise-breast-cancer-risk-723833.html