Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Being Filed In Canada

Loreal is accused of deliberately masking carcinogenic phthalates in hair relaxers by calling them fragrances and perfume

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - About 75 hair relaxer lawsuit claims against various manufacturers and sellers of chemical hair relaxers have been filed in the United States this year. The lawsuits allege that certain chemicals in hair relaxers and straighteners cause disruptions to a woman's endocrine system leading to tumors and cancer. Cancers of the reproductive system are usually treated with surgery leaving a woman unable to bear children in the future and then with punishing chemotherapy. Sometimes uterine or ovarian cancer is diagnosed in a woman in their early years making treatment more successful in saving her life, but leaving the patient with the most devastating lifelong emotional damage of being unable to ever become a mother. Lawsuits against chemical hair straightener manufacturers Loreal and about a dozen other companies are being consolidated in multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the US because the number of chemical hair straightener lawsuits is expected to grow into the thousands once word gets out to the beauty salon community where potential hair relaxer cancer victims often congregate.

Chemical hair relaxer lawsuits against US companies like Loreal are being filed in other countries also. Canada is reporting that a class action suit is forming against Loreal for targeting Black Canadian women specifically with their allegedly cancer-causing beauty products. The lawsuit mentions Loreal Dark and Lovely line of hair straightener products and others like Strength of Nature and Dabur USA. According to the CBC in Canada, "Shamara Hutchinson, left, and Elle Wayara are the two lead plaintiffs in a proposed class action lawsuit against the manufacturers of hair relaxers that have been linked to some cancers and other reproductive problems." In an article published the other day by the CBC, titled, "L'Oreal targeted in proposed B.C. class action linking hair relaxers to cancer in Black women," the two lead plaintiffs allege they used Loreal chemical hair straightener early in life and developed ovarian cancer. The woman just recently put the facts together liking her use of Loreal hair straightener with her hair relaxer ovarian cancer. The other of the two lead plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit, which has not been certified as of yet, is a woman who developed non-cancerous, but painful, fibroid tumors which required surgery to remove and led to menstrual irregularities according to the CBC. Ellie Wayara told the CBC that she had no idea that using hair straighteners could be toxic and that she knows others who have experienced health problems after using hair relaxers. " It's surprising, not surprising, shocking, not shocking, and also just sad, because how many illnesses could have been avoided had we not used it -- because we didn't know we shouldn't use it," Wayara said." Loreal is accused of hiding the carcinogenic ingredients of the product by not listing them and instead calling them harmless-sounding names. " It (the lawsuit) says the hair relaxers and straighteners "contain hormonally active and carcinogenic compounds, such as phthalates, known to cause endocrine disruption, that is not listed separately as ingredients but, instead, are often broadly grouped into the 'fragrance' or 'perfume' categories."

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