“This is really simple to me. Do we care about Black women getting cancer or do we not? Every action, or inaction, on this issue flows from that question - and we can see how people are answering,” [US Rep. Shontel] Brown said in an email.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/health/hair-straightening-formaldehyde-fda-deadline

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“This is really simple to me. Do we care about Black women getting cancer or do we not? Every action, or inaction, on this issue flows from that question - and we can see how people are answering,” [US Rep. Shontel] Brown said in an email.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/health/hair-straightening-formaldehyde-fda-deadline

#PublicHealth #hair #relaxer #chemical #formaldehyde #prevention #FDA #BlackMastodon