"Measurement of endocrine disrupting and asthma-associated chemicals in hair products used by Black women" (Journal Source: ScienceDirect) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118301518
Highlights
•Hair products for Black women contained mixtures of endocrine disrupting chemicals.
•Hair relaxers for children contained regulated or restricted chemicals.
•All tested products contained fragrance chemicals.
•Seventy-two percent of products contained parabens and diethyl phthalate.
•Eighty-four percent of detected chemicals were not listed on the product label.