SummaryBrazilian Blowouts products are toxics! One hairstylist from Portland, Oregon had shortness of breath, eye irritation, and nose bleeding. The Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) discovered that the Brazilian Blowout products contained toxic carcinogen formaldehyde, despite the fact that they were being advertised as formaldehyde-free."The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established that a beauty product is safe for consumers if it contains less than 0.2% of formaldehyde"(Blomberg).The Brazilian Blowout Acai Professional Smoothing Solution had 6.3-10.6% levels of formaldehyde, according to OSHA tests. Formaldehyde exposure has been linked to nose and throat cancer and leukemia. There has also being complained about these in Canada.
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I think that is sad that the government does not regulate cosmetics products and the chemicals that are use to make them. I thought that the government of the United States was about taking care of the people and doing what benefits the general public. It does not make sense that people have to become ill or die for the government to do something. Maybe if we the consumers boycott all products that contain toxic chemicals then would the companies selling them would start changing the their ways of killing the public with those hazard chemicals. I think that all toxics chemicals should be ban because they are not helping anyone they are killing the public and harming the environment. People need to be more aware of type chemicals their products they are purchasing.
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