It’s about goddamn time. In case anyone is unaware, the process of hair straightening involves, in essence, decomposing your hair with a powerful base. Oftentimes the scalp suffers chemical burns as a result. Relaxers are horrifying.
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2023
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First menthols and now this.
GOOD. Get rid of all that carcinogenic shit we’ve been told we have to put on our hair to make it socially “acceptable.”
While I agree with some of the FDA cumbersome, they should be focusing on toxic chemicals and ingredients used on the daily basis in our food industry. It's embarrassing when Europe and around the world these ingredients are banned and here we get to eat them like it's nothing. Please don't hate me, I'm just trying to figure out which is their best interest... Chemical in hair products or Food?
I don't agree. FDA is doing their job here. They should get a bigger budget so they can monitor more products, especially all the Amazon ones that come straight off a container ship.
My company imported sunglasses one time with a certain ballistic designation. They halted it at the port until we paid for a US test of the lenses. Costed us a lot and delayed things for months but I was glad they kept us responsible for the claims, wish they could catch everyone.
I wish so many black women didn't feel the need to straighten their hair out of a misplaced effort to be accepted by society in the first place. And I wish institutions like schools didn't realize that black people generally have naturally curly hair.
Guess I'll just have to continue using a flatiron 🤷🏻♂️