Black women have had a steady increase in reproductive health issues since the advent of chemical hair straighteners. And Black women are now twice as likely as white women to have infertility according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

Alicia Smith of Cleveland, Ohio US had no family of history of cancer at all, but developed uterine cancer at the age of 41. She had been using hair straightening products since she was 13 years old. Alicia is suing L'Oreal, Strength of Nature, SoftSheen-Carson (Dark & Lovely, Optimum and others), Luster, and Godrej Consumer Products (African Pride products).

“For too long, the cosmetics industry has failed to warn consumers of the presence of harmful chemicals in hair relaxers,” Smith’s attorney, Ashlie Case Sletvold, told Cleveland.com. “This has led to devastating consequences for women like Alicia Smith.”

As Halloween approaches, ghouls and goblins aren't the only things to fear. For those on a weight loss journey, certain foods and drinks can be downright spine-chilling. These nutrition nightmares lurk in our diets, ready to sabotage our efforts to shed those extra pounds.

In recent years, lab-grown meat, also known as cultured or synthetic meat, has garnered significant attention as a potential solution to address the supposed environmental and ethical concerns associated with traditional livestock farming. Living in a highly scientific era has it’s perks, but not so much with food. With the growing knowledge and acceptance from the mainstream health community that processed foods have long-term deleterious effects on health, the idea of producing a even more complex form of processed food is simply frightening.

It has now become an ubiquitous chemical in our day to day lives, found in the majority of people worldwide, and is classed as a public health concern by many governmental environmental health bodies. These same bodies report that PFAS causes increased cholesterol levels, increased risk of high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, low infant birth weight, changes in liver enzyme production (needed for detoxification) and increased risk of kidney and testicular cancer.

For many of us, a glass of orange juice has been a morning staple, synonymous with a healthy start to the day. However, the reality is that store-bought orange juice often comes with a hidden cocktail of chemicals and high sugar content that may not be as beneficial for your health as you think.