Research claims to show link between cancer and lye-containing products largely used by black women
Campaigners are calling on the cosmetics company L’Oréal to withdraw its hair-straightening products that are largely used by black women after research linked it to an increased risk of cancer.
The letter is signed by a coalition of politicians, campaigners and professionals, including the Labour MP Dawn Butler; Mandu Reid, the leader of the Women’s Equality party; the peer Lola Young; Andrea Simon, the director of the End Violence AgainstCoalition; the author Reni Eddo-Lodge; the actor Lolly Adefope; and the leading #MeToo campaigner Prof Marai Larasi.
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