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Mercnbeth -> RE: Ok hair dye that reaks bad enough to knock ya back 5 feet can't be good for you. (3/9/2007 4:01:56 PM)
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F.Y.I to those of you who think coloring your hair is a harmless activity:
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data from the National Cancer Institute suggest that 20 percent of all cases among women of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the disease that killed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, are due to women’s regular use of commercial hair dye products.
The evidence is also suggestive of an association with breast cancer, as reported in The Breast Cancer Prevention Bible (Macmillan 1997). The dye para-phenylenediamine (PPED), used in virtually every commercial permanent and semipermanent product appears to be the culprit. It was shown in 1986 to be carcinogenic to the breast following oxidation with hydrogen peroxide, precisely as these products are used by women.
Further evidence of the cancer risk from hair dye use comes from studies of hairdressers that have provided clear evidence both men and women are at heavily increased risk for bladder and other cancers. Finally, hair dyes may also pose a risk to children whose mothers used them shortly prior to conception or during pregnancy. In fact, the risk of childhood cancer could be increased by as much as tenfold. It appears safe to assume that the darker the color, and the more frequently it is used, the greater the health risk.
The fact that the hair color industry is legally exposing millions of women to carcinogenic chemicals without label warnings is, in part, due to legislation governing cosmetics dating to the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
http://www.cmrsnews.com/hair_dye_dangers.htm
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