Toxins in Your Hair
by Lindsey Blomberg July 1, 2011
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Source: The Envrionmenal Magazine
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Summary: There is a hair-straighten treatment that is called Brazilian Blowout. It is quite popular and it transforms curls into frizz-free, smooth hair that lasts for months. It can be really pricey! But a year ago in Oregon, a hair stylist experienced health problems while using the Brazilian Blowout products; such as eye irritation, shortness of breath, and nose bleed. The local Occupational Safety and Health Administration discovered that the Brazilian Blowout products contain the toxic carcinogen formaldehyde, even though it was advertised as "formaldehyde-free". It also included methylene glycol which is the outcome of when formaldehyde is mixed with water. The glycol is easily inhaled formaldehyde fumes when the hair treatment is dried under a blow dryer. The FDA established that a beauty product is safe for consumers if it contains less than 0.2% of formaldehyde. There are more and more complaints from salon workers against the beauty hair product claiming burning eyes and throat, loss of smell, and shortness of breath. It was found that formaldehyde has been exposed to nose and throat cancer and leukemia. Later on the Brazilian Blowout treatment was banned by the FDA and announced that all products should be tested for the safety of the people before it hit the markets. Now, the Brazilian Blowout makes a "Brazilian Blowout Zero" which is a formula with no formaldehyde at all.
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Reflection: While reading this article I was wondering that why on EARTH would girls with beautiful CURLS pay lots of money for straight hair?!?!?! I mean based on my experience with straight hair it's a struggle because when you have straight hair there would be times when you create cute hairstyles, but they never last for an hour... RIP (*sings "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston*). ANYWAYS! The treatment has poisonous chemicals and the company lied saying that it didn't have formaldehyde, but it did! That just makes me mad >:(!!!! Because it caused health problems for many innocent workers that were just doing their job. They just create a new treatment that has absolutately no chemicals that are harmful, but I realy doubt it. LADIES LOVE YOUR HAIR, BECUASE NOBODY CAN ROCK IT BETTER THAN YOU! Also, it saves money and a whole life from suffering :).i
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