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A toxic chemical used in hair products for black women fuels breast cancer, study finds:
Haircare and beauty products marketed to black women often contain a class of hormone-disrupting chemicals called parabens. According to a new study, those chemicals are not only linked to increased breast cancer risk, they uniquely fuel the spread of cancer cells in black women, compared to white women.
Parabens are a group of chemicals that keep mold and bacteria from growing on beauty products, thus prolonging their shelf lives. But, in humans, parabens can mimic the hormone estrogen, possibly fueling dangerous cell growth, according to research.
The study, which will be presented today at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Atlanta, analysed the effect parabens had on breast cancer cells from both black women and white women. Researchers found parabens increased the growth of black breast cancer cell lines, but did not effect white breast cancer cell lines at the same dose.
Parabens also increased the expression of genes linked to breast cancer in both black and white women.
"Black women are more likely to buy and use hair products with these types of chemicals, but we do not have a lot of data about how parabens may increase breast cancer risk in black women," Lindsey S. Treviño, the study's lead researcher, said in a press release. "This is because black women have not been picked to take part in most research studies looking at this link. Also, studies to test this link have only used breast cancer cell lines from white women."
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday June 16 2022, @06:18PM (2 children)
It's best to just let old white man hair do what it wants to do. When I get up in the morning, I push it back, so it doesn't get in my face. Run my fingers through it, to tell it to lay down. Pat the bare spot on top that keeps on growing, so it knows I still love it. Every couple weeks, wash it with baby shampoo, run a comb through it, just to inform it which way I want it to lie. Apart from that, I don't mess with the hair, and the hair doesn't mess with me. This treatment requires no mirrors, no harsh chemicals, and the only expense is a visit to the barber shop every 6 to 8 weeks.
I mean, who even looks at old white men's hair? Maybe if your name is Boris Johnson, people can't help staring, but other than that, no one looks at your hair.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 16 2022, @06:37PM
That's quite a privilege we enjoy!
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday June 16 2022, @07:37PM
Exactly, well sort of. My genetics are 95% Northern Europe, but style wise I'm going with the minority Native American [thelonghairs.us] heritage for the past couple of years. WFH, nobody is looking, so not much corporate culture to be concerned with. And of course, the parents were Vietnam draft age [genius.com] (luckily dad's number never came up, but a good 5% of his high school graduating class didn't come back...) - so I'm sure that plays in to my preferences too.
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