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The FDA is proposing a ban on hair relaxers with formaldehyde due to cancer concerns

Jonathan Franklin

October 21, 2023

Kayleigh Butler, a hair stylist, stands for a portrait at her studio in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. "Relaxers have taken an extreme decline ... as we became more knowledgeable about the effects of the relaxer on your hair and what it can do to your hair," says Butler, who remembers getting relaxers when she was 5 years old. (AP)

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