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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: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 16 2022, @06:19PM (5 children)
In an early COVID discussion here on SN I linked to a US govt.'s NIH website which talks about how specifically black people have different immune systems and need different medications, or sometimes stronger doses, than whites. Got modded "troll". So ends intelligent discussion on SN.
Like far too many things in recent "society", terms and language are being misused to an extreme. People should really look up definitions of words like "racist". It is NOT racist to say that black people have darker skin than white people. "Racist" is discriminating against someone based on perceived race. In fact, giving a black person white people drugs could be considered racism if it causes harm! Think about that oh ye triggered ones who love your downmod power.
(Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 16 2022, @06:28PM (2 children)
Oh you poor, poor victim.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 17 2022, @06:47AM (1 child)
Bet he has lighter skin, and so is more sensitive to criticism and true accusations of racism! (Oh, what he claims to have posted early on in the pandemic? Not true. Racist. Fuck racists.)
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 18 2022, @07:01PM
Ahh the "White fragility" anti-white, Jew propaganda, no doubt regurgitated by a race traitor bitch who only has to deal with non-whites on their own terms.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 16 2022, @06:30PM (1 child)
And yet, somehow, we all already know that sickle cell anemia exists...
How is this possible if we've all been censored?
Why are we talking about a disproportionate carcinogenic racial effect RIGHT NOW if it's impossible to discuss these things?
Perhaps you should show s this totally non trollish post if it is so great.....
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 16 2022, @09:03PM
Troll. Username checks out.