Riskier ingredients found in beauty products marketed to Black women, study finds

Hazardous chemicals are lurking in products we use every day, in everything from perfumes and lotions to makeup and shampoos. We’ve long reported on the dangers of some personal care products. Now, a disturbing new chapter: Beauty and hair products marketed to women of color conceal some of the most dangerous ingredients.

When a woman of color looks into the mirror after a routine hair-straightening service, she will see locks that are soft, silky, and straight.

But it is what she doesn’t see that is anything but beautiful.

“These products that are trying to push women to look different, skin lighteners, hair straighteners tend to have the most toxic ingredients,” said public health professor Dr. Kristian Edwards.

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