California investigates skin-lighteners for dangerous mercury.
There could be a dark side to skin-lightening creams often found in stores that cater to ethnic communities. Starting next week, California health officials will collect and test a sampling of skin-lightening products in the Bay Area for possible mercu...
SC Johnson Becomes First Mainstream Company to List Ingredients On All Cleaning Product Labels
Date: Jan. 31, 2012 RACINE, Wis. – In an unprecedented move, SC Johnson & Son has become the first major cleaning product manufacturer to announce... Read More
Toxic Hair Treatments: Lawsuits Settled on Brazilian Blowout; California Attorney General Suit Forces Hazard Warning
Products cause dangerous exposure to carcinogenic formaldehyde For immediate release: January 30, 2012 Los Angeles—Health advocates are ramping up pressure on the U.S. Food and... Read More
Keratin hair straightener treatment gets first sanction by U.S. government.
SunSentinel.com January 21, 2012 Rod Hagwood Here in humid South Florida where straight hair is the Holy Grail the news about the keratin treatment lawsuit... Read More
Brazilian Blowout Settlement Forces Hazard Warning
Public News Service January 31, 2012 Lori Abbott Brazilian Blowouts are now coming with a hazardous warning label. A settlement reached between the state and... Read More
Breaking Brazilian Blowout News
Virginia Sole – Smith blog January 31. 2012 Hey, remember waaay back in 2010 when the supposedly “formaldehyde-free” Brazilian Blowout hair straightening treatment tested positive for... Read More
Brazilian Blowout NOT Formaldehyde Free.
Allvoices local to global news January 31, 2012 Debbie Nicholson U.S. National Toxicology Program lists formaldehyde as a carcinogen That popular hair straightening treatment Brazilian... Read More
Brazilian Blowout Legally Labeled Carcinogenic … Will It Matter?
Forbes January 30, 2012 Amy Westervelt Last year women’s magazines and pop culture blogs were afire with the news that the popular Brazilian Blowout–an expensive... Read More
Brazilian Blowout maker settles with state over formaldehyde claims.
GIB, which had advertised its hair-straightening treatments as 'formaldehyde free,' will have to warn hairstylists that two of its products can expose users to formaldehyde gas.
Maker of Brazilian Blowout hair products agrees to settle California lawsuit with labeling changes.
The maker of a popular line of hair-straightening products has agreed to alert consumers that two of its formulations emit formaldehyde gas, a possible carcinogen, California’s attorney general announced Monday.