Chemical Hair-Straightening Products Linked to Increased Cancer Risk, Study Warns

Increased Cancer Risk From Chemical Hair-Straighteners? Here’s What Researchers Found A new study has found that frequent use* of chemical hair-straightening products may increase the risk of uterine cancer. When we saw this headline first surface the internet, we took a closer look at what researchers found.   The study followed nearly 34,000 U.S. women for over a decade and estimated that, “1.64 percent of women who never used hair straighteners would go on to develop uterine cancer by the age of 70, but for frequent users, that risk goes up 4.05 percent,” according to Dr. Alexandra White, Lead Author (more…)