Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women. Researchers are proactively searching for the causes of the deadly disease and a new study has found one of the culprits. According to a study published in the International Journal of Cancer, the risk of breast cancer is associated with more frequent use of chemical hair products.
Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences found that women who use hair relaxers at least every five to eight weeks were about 30 percent more likely to develop breast cancer. Women who use hair dye alone are nine percent more likely than women who don’t use hair dye to develop breast cancer, the study says.
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“Among African American women, using permanent dyes every five to eight weeks or more was associated with a 60 percent increased risk of breast cancer as compared with an eight percent increased risk for white women.”
The Sister Study, which is a research effort dedicated to finding the causes of breast cancer, participants included 46,709 women and found that black women using these chemicals were at a much higher risk than other participants.
Source: Hair Dye And Relaxers May Cause Cancer In Black Women
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