Topic: The Brazilian Blowout Hair Treatment Contains Dangerous Levels of Formaldehyde, But
the FDA Is Slow to Act
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The Brazilian Blowout is a popular hair style, it guarantees to transform unruly curls into frizz-free and smooth hair for months. It is offered in salons nationwide to women. But a year ago a hairstylists in Portland, Oregon suffered from shortness of breath, eye irritation and nosebleeds when using the famous Brazilian Blowout products and fired a complaint with local (OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health Administration, discovered that the Brazilian Blowout products contained the toxic carcinogen formaldehye despite being advertised as formaldehye-free. Its ingredients include methylene glycol, that is formaldeheye mixed with water. Once the treatment is dry under a blow dryer the methylene glycol reverts back to easily inhale formaldehye fumes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has established that the beauty product is safe for consumers and that it only contains less than 2 percent of formaldehye. The Brazilian Blowout Acai Proffesional Smoothing Solution has 6.3-10.6 percent of formaldehye according to OSHA testing. After the warning of the product more salon workers came forward with the same symptoms of burning eyes and throat, loss of smell, shortness of breath,etc.
the FDA Is Slow to Act
Source: http://ogoapes.weebly.com/uploads/3/2/3/9/3239894/toxins-_hair_scare.pdf
The Brazilian Blowout is a popular hair style, it guarantees to transform unruly curls into frizz-free and smooth hair for months. It is offered in salons nationwide to women. But a year ago a hairstylists in Portland, Oregon suffered from shortness of breath, eye irritation and nosebleeds when using the famous Brazilian Blowout products and fired a complaint with local (OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health Administration, discovered that the Brazilian Blowout products contained the toxic carcinogen formaldehye despite being advertised as formaldehye-free. Its ingredients include methylene glycol, that is formaldeheye mixed with water. Once the treatment is dry under a blow dryer the methylene glycol reverts back to easily inhale formaldehye fumes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has established that the beauty product is safe for consumers and that it only contains less than 2 percent of formaldehye. The Brazilian Blowout Acai Proffesional Smoothing Solution has 6.3-10.6 percent of formaldehye according to OSHA testing. After the warning of the product more salon workers came forward with the same symptoms of burning eyes and throat, loss of smell, shortness of breath,etc.