Thousands Sue In Chicago Over Black Hair Relaxers Linked To Cancer
Publisher |
WBEZ
Media Type |
audio
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Publication Date |
Apr 04, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:15:28
Nine out of 10 Black women have used hair relaxing chemicals to straighten their thick curls. But lawsuits have been piling up in state and federal courts across the country for years claiming chemicals in hair relaxers are causing cancer. Reset hears from Traccye Love, one plaintiff in these cases, and learns more about an investigation by WBEZ’s Natalie Moore and the Chicago Sun-Times’ Andy Grimm. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

Producer: Brenda Ruiz

Editor: Meha Ahmad

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