LAS VEGAS, Nev. (CONSUMER REPORTS) - Chemical hair relaxers are a beauty staple for many, but now they’re at the center of a legal and health controversy. People across the country are suing, claiming ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Women across the country are suing hair relaxer brands, citing cancer and other long-term health problems they say were caused by years of product use. The lawsuits are part of a ...

Chemical hair relaxers are a beauty staple for many, but now they’re at the center of a legal and health controversy. People across the country are suing, claiming the products are linked to some ...

This article is part of Consumer Reports’ Beauty Justice series, which launched with our tests for chemicals and contaminants in synthetic braiding hair products and a campaign to get toxic chemicals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Major studies have linked frequent hair relaxer use to reproductive harm. (Getty Images) For decades, hair relaxers promoted the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has missed its latest deadline to propose banning formaldehyde and certain formaldehyde-releasing chemicals from hair-straightening products, often used by Black ...

Growing up in rural Georgia, Jenny Mitchell was 10 years old when she began using chemical relaxers to straighten her hair. Her mother relaxed Mitchell’s hair at home for years, using a product called ...

(CNN) — Almost every Black woman or girl has, at some point, purchased hair extensions for box braids, boho braids, twists or faux locs. For many Black women, these “protective styles” are worn ...

Last year, when our critic Wesley Morris read Linda Villarosa’s reporting on the dangers of chemical hair relaxers, he was reminded of the many times he watched his sister painfully endure the process ...

A man was able to walk completely across the Colorado River in Laughlin due to extremely low water levels, documenting the feat with drone footage. An accused killer remains on the run four days after ...