American woman sues L'Oreal, claiming hair products tied to cancer
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An American woman who contracted uterine cancer after using chemical hair straightening products sold by L'Oreal USA sued the company on Friday. The complaint, filed in Illinois federal court, alleges that the woman's cancer diagnosis "was directly and proximately caused by her regular and prolonged exposure to phthalates and other endocrine disrupting chemicals" found in L'Oreal products.
The woman, Jenny Mitchell, said in the civil lawsuit that she had used the products for more than two decades before she was diagnosed with uterine cancer and subsequently forced to undergo a full hysterectomy.
The suit comes just days after the publication of a study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that established a link between the usage of chemical hair straightening products and the development of uterine cancer.
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