Black Women Were Targeted By Manufacturers Of Chemical Hair Straightener According To A Lawsuit

Black women use chemical hair relaxers more than other ethnic groups and have twice the rate of uterine cancer as a result

Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - Reuters recently reported that hair relaxer lawsuits against the makers of chemical hair straightening products accusing them of failing to warn consumers of the cancer dangers using their product represents are mounting. More than a dozen of lawsuits have been filed against L'Oreal, Strength of Nature, Soft Sheen, Dabure, Namaste, and others, alleging that their products contain toxic chemicals including formaldehyde that lead to developing uterine, breast, and ovarian cancer. Hair relaxer cancer lawyers believe that thousands of women, mostly Black women, have been exposed to the dangerous carcinogens and that the companies that manufacture hair straightening products have been negligent, reckless, and careless in not warning consumers of the health dangers their scientists knew. Studies link that those who use hair straightening products frequently, more than four times per year, and for more than three years, have an increased risk of getting cancer than those who do not use the product. Women with cancer or the loved ones of those who have died from the disease should speak with a hair relaxer attorney to file a lawsuit and seek substantial lump-sum compensation for their expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering and also seek punitive damages to penalize the manufacturers. As is often the case a jury may award ten times the compensatory damage amount or more in punitive damages increasing the total award to tens of millions of dollars. Women that suffered from talcum powder ovarian cancer received multi-million and sometimes multi-billion-dollar punitive damage jury awards meant to attract media attention to the public health issue so that more women could come forward.

Studies indicate that Black women use chemical hair relaxers more than other ethnic groups and have twice the rate of uterine cancer as a result. Because of the ethnic slant to advertising of many brands of hair straighteners, personal injury lawyers that focus on civil rights have an interest in seeing that not only are their client's interests represented but also that the plaintiff's civil rights have not been violated. CNN reported the other day that a hair relaxer lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Black woman by famous civil rights activist Ben Crump. " Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, counsel Diandra "Fu" Debrosse Zimmermann, and others filed a lawsuit Friday in Illinois on behalf of 32-year-old Missouri resident Jenny Mitchell, claiming that Mitchell's uterine cancer "was directly and proximately caused by her regular and prolonged exposure to phthalates and other endocrine disrupting chemicals found in Defendants' hair care products." The lawsuit infers that manufacturers of chemical hair relaxers targeted Black women in their early teen years and stigmatized wearing hair naturally and normalized using their hair straightener chemicals to flatten their hair straight and look like other women. "As most young African-American girls, chemical relaxers, and chemical straighteners were introduced to us at a young age," Mitchell said. "Society has made it a norm to look a certain way, to feel a certain way. And I am the first voice of many voices to come that will stand, stand up to these companies, and say, 'No more."

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