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Podcast: In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons
Episode: Thousands Sue In Chicago Over Black Hair Relaxers Linked To Cancer
Description: Nine out of 10 Black women have used hair relaxing chemicals to straighten their thick curls. But lawsuits have been piling up in state and federal courts across the country for years claiming chemicals in hair relaxers are causing cancer. Reset hears from Traccye Love, one plaintiff in these cases, and learns more about an investigation by WBEZ’s Natalie Moore and the Chicago Sun-Times’ Andy Grimm.
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