The lawsuit seeks damages from the US department of L’Oreal (Representational)
Washington:
An American girl who contracted uterine most cancers after utilizing chemical hair straightening merchandise offered by L’Oreal USA sued the corporate on Friday, her lawyer mentioned.
The lady, Jenny Mitchell, mentioned within the civil lawsuit that she had used the merchandise for greater than 20 years, then was struck with uterine most cancers that compelled her to bear a full hysterectomy.
The swimsuit comes simply days after the publication of a examine within the Journal of the Nationwide Most cancers Institute establishing a hyperlink between utilization of chemical hair straightening merchandise and uterine most cancers.
The examine discovered that ladies who used the merchandise greater than 4 occasions a yr have been greater than twice as prone to develop uterine most cancers than those that did not use the merchandise.
Most cancers of the uterus is comparatively uncommon, however its incidence is rising in america, particularly amongst Black ladies.
“Black ladies have lengthy been the victims of harmful merchandise particularly marketed to them,” Ben Crump, a private damage legal professional for Mitchell, mentioned in a press release.
Friday’s civil lawsuit seeks damages from the US department of L’Oreal, the French cosmetics big, amongst different firms.
“We’ll possible uncover that Ms Mitchell’s tragic case is one among numerous instances wherein firms aggressively misled Black ladies to extend their earnings,” Crump mentioned.
L’Oreal didn’t supply an instantaneous response to the swimsuit.
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