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NAACP Takes Legal Action Against Beauty Corporations For Toxic Hair Relaxers Marketed Towards Black Women (atlantadailyworld.com)

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From the Atlanta Daily World:

The NAACP, in partnership with leading civil rights law firm Singleton Schreiber, has filed a lawsuit to demand justice for Black women who have been exposed to harmful chemicals in popular hair relaxers or perms. The lawsuit targets major beauty corporations, including Soft Sheen-Carson LLC, which have profited from marketing these products to Black women … Continued

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I don’t think people should have to research every product on their phones in the grocery store isle before making a purchase.

At this point, could the god damn grocery chains just hire a chemist intern to look over products? Cause a federal law seems impossible.