<p>Lawyers on behalf of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/missouri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Missouri</a> woman filed a federal lawsuit Friday in Chicago against cosmetic manufacturers L&#8217;Oreal and four other companies for allegedly contributing to an increased risk of uterine cancer using chemical hair straightening products.</p>
<p>Ben Crump, civil rights and personal injury attorney, and Diandra &#8220;Fu&#8221; Debrosse Zimmermann, mass tort attorney of DiCello Levitt, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois, on behalf of Jenny Mitchell, 32, of St. Louis, Missouri against L&#8217;Oreal USA Inc. and L&#8217;Oreal USA Products Inc., Strength of Nature Global LLC, Soft Sheen Carson (W.I.) Inc., Dabur International Ltd. and Dabur USA Inc., and Namaste Laboratories.</p>
<p>Attorneys for Mitchell claim that her uterine cancer was &#8220;directly and proximately caused by her regular and prolonged exposure to phthalates and other endocrine disrupting chemicals found in Defendants&#8217; hair care products,&#8221; CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/24/health/hair-straightening-products-lawsuit/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>. Mitchell was diagnosed with uterine cancer and underwent a full hysterectomy in 2018.</p>
<p>&#8220;My dreams of becoming a mother were gone,&#8221; she said, according to CNN. &#8220;As most young African-American girls, chemical relaxers, chemical straighteners were introduced to us at a young age. Society has made it a norm to look a certain way, in order to feel a certain way — and I am the first voice of many voices to come that will stand, stand up to these companies, and say, &#8216;No more.’”</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16409-uterine-cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cleveland Clinic</a>, uterine cancer includes endometrial cancer (more common) and uterine sarcoma, which cause bleeding between periods or after menopause and often leads to a hysterectomy treatment to remove the uterus.</p>
<p>Zimmermann told CNN that the lawsuit could be a &#8220;watershed moment&#8221; for women who have used such products.</p>
<p>&#8220;Millions of little girls have this put on their head at 7, 8, 9 years old, sometimes twice a month or every other month,&#8221; Zimmerman said, according to <a href="https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/nationworld/loreal-4-other-companies-accused-in-lawsuit-alleging-chemical-hair-straighteners-can-cause-uterine-cancer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KTLA</a>.</p>
<p>Mitchell&#8217;s lawsuit comes days after the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published a <a href="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/hair-straightening-chemicals-associated-higher-uterine-cancer-risk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> that showed women using chemical hair straightening products had a higher risk for uterine cancer than women who did not report using these products.</p>
<p>Researchers from the study said they tracked 33,497 U.S. women ages 35-74 for approximately 11 years to identify risk factors for breast cancer and other health conditions. During that time, 378 uterine cancer cases were diagnosed, according to the study.</p>
<p>&#8220;We estimated that 1.64% of women who never used hair straighteners would go on to develop uterine cancer by the age of 70; but for frequent users, that risk goes up to 4.05%,&#8221; Alexandra White, Ph.D., head of the NIEHS Environment and Cancer Epidemiology group and lead author on the new study, said in a <a href="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/hair-straightening-chemicals-associated-higher-uterine-cancer-risk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">release</a>. &#8220;This doubling rate is concerning. However, it is important to put this information into context &#8211; uterine cancer is a relatively rare type of cancer.&#8221;</p>
<p>Crump <a href="https://bencrump.com/press/attorney-ben-crump-files-lawsuit-on-behalf-of-user-of-chemical-hair-straightening-products/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the products &#8220;dangerous,&#8221; and said the companies have &#8220;aggressively misled black women to increase their profits.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added that Mitchell&#8217;s case would likely lead to &#8220;countless&#8221; others.</p>
<p>The companies named in the lawsuit have not responded to requests for comment.</p>

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