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testifying on behalf of salon workers and exposure to formaldehyde in Brazilian Blowouts
Salon safety examined
The Billings Outpost February 8, 2012 Deb Courson Smith Montana has a connection to high fashion. Bozeman-based Women’s Voices for the Earth has been working... Read More
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Brazilian Blowout poisoning hair stylists with formaldehyde
Why Is the FDA Poisoning the Beauty Industry?
Dame Magazine Betsy Farber October 6, 2015 Toxic hair products—including hair relaxers and the Brazilian blowout—have been making salon workers sick for years. With no... Read More
Salon Workers Will Expose Ugly Side of Beauty Industry During Day of Action
EcoWatch July 23, 2012 This week, dozens of salon workers and advocates from all over the country will be descending upon Washington, D.C. for a... Read More
Jerry Brown targets hair treatments under state disclosure law.
A state lawsuit filed Wednesday charges that the maker of the Brazilian Blowout brand salon treatment failed to disclose to stylists and consumers that its Acai Professional Smoothing Solution contains formaldehyde. This marks the first time the state ...
Straight hair at what cost?
Health officials say smoothing products, often known as Brazilian treatments, may pose a hazard to stylists and users alike. That’s because most of them contain formaldehyde or chemicals that release formaldehyde, which has been classified as a known...
Hair-straightening product at Portland salons found to have high levels of formaldehyde.
Customer complaints led to an investigation and an alert issued Thursday, warning that samples of Brazilian Blowout and Acai Professional Smoothing Solution tested in a state lab contained high levels of formaldehyde, even those labeled "formaldehyde-free."
Call for regulation of hair-smoothing products.
At least 10 members of the House are asking the Food and Drug Administration to look into whether women who undergo the treatments, including the popular Brazilian Blowout, pay another, nonmonetary price that's way too great, one that's the result of f...
15 Toxic Trespassers
You can learn more about these chemicals through the Women's Voices reports and fact sheets in italics under the chemical name.