New Research Finds Potential Link Between Hair Products, Breast Cancer In Black Women

♪ ♪ Natasha WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. NEW RESEARCH FINDS POTENTIAL LINK BETWEEN HAIR PRODUCTS AND BRIEF CANCER IN BLACK WOMEN. STAHL JOINING US NOW TO EXPLAIN THIS VERY IMPORTANT NEW STUDY. STEPHANIE. Reporter IT ABSOLUTE SYSTEM NATASHA.. Now THE CHEMICALS IN HAIR PRODUCTS LINKED TO BREAST CANCER PRODUCTS AND DOCTORS SAY THIS NEW RESEARCH SHOULD BE A WARNING TO EVERYONE, NOT JUST BLACK WOMEN.. This IS JUST MY PUFF. Reporter CRYSTAL LOVE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF USING ALL KINDS OF PRODUCTS ON HER HAIR.. I USED TO PERM MY HAIR., I USED TO COLOR MY HAIR. ALL THE TYPICAL THINGS THAT WOMEN DO. Reporter, BUT WERE SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND BALD FROM CHEMOTHERAPY. She HAD SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT HER HAIR CARE. Products., I'M LIKE OKAY. I GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I PUT IN MY BODY AND PUT ON MY BODY., THE CITY OF HOPE, LOOKED AT POPULAR HAIR PRODUCT PRESERVATIVES CALLED PARA BENSE AND COMPARED THE EFFECTS OF PARA BENSE ON CELLS. From BOTH BLACK, WE SAW INCREASED CELL GROWTH IN THE BRAC BREAST CANCER CELL LINE WITH THE PARA BEN TREATMENT, BUT DID NOT SEE THESE EFFECTS IN THE WHITE BREAST CANCER CELL LINE AT THE DOSES TESTED.. There IS REAL NEED FOR MORE STUDIES TO CLARIFY THIS. Reporter DR. SUSAN TAYLOR IS A PHILADELPHIA DERMATOLOGIST.. The INGREDIENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN A WHOLE HOST OF HAIR AND SKIN CARE, PRODUCTS., NOT JUST THOSE FOR BLACK WOMEN. Reporter. She SAYS EVERYONE SHOULD TRY TO REDUCE THE USE OF PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN PARA. Bense. ARE A A RAH BENSE, WHAT WE CALL ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS., SO THEY DISRUPT OR INTERFERE BODY, AND IT'S FELT THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO BREAST CANCER. Reporter CRYSTAL SAYS: SHE'S, NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES AND IS NOW USING ONLY NATURAL I'D RATHER BE NATURAL AND NOT HAVE To WORRY ABOUT WHAT, IF AGAIN. Reporter DOCTORS SAY, BLACK WOMEN FACE AN INCREASED RISK OF BREAST CANCER? That'S PROBABLY GENETIC. DETERMINE IF CERTAIN CHEMICALS UP THAT RISK, EVEN MORE. AND RESEARCHERS SAY THOSE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. Para BEN CHEMICALS ARE FOUND IN PRODUCTS USED AT HOME AND AT SALONS.. So CHECK THE LABELS. NATASHA Natasha, VERY GOOD INFORMATION.. Thank YOU VERY MUCH. Stephanie