straightcurl wrote:
2% Formaldehyde is consider safe by the FDA.
Many of my the products we use can too be hazardous. |
No no, and the corporations selling this stuff no that percentage is incorrect when they quote it. It's actually .2%. That decimal point makes a huge difference.
"Many customers and stylists do not know that this Brazilian treatment often contains high concentrations of formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical.
The magazine found that many of the most popular treatments on the market contain at least ten times more formaldehyde than the .2 percent considered safe by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel. The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate cosmetics but now is looking into the "escova progressiva"
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