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Nitrous Oxide Lawsuit Individuals who suffered harm, or families who lost a loved one after using nitrous oxide products may be eligible for financial compensation through a nitrous oxide lawsuit.
Hair Relaxer Lawsuit Regular exposure to chemicals in hair relaxer may cause uterine cancer, ovarian cancer and other injuries. Women diagnosed with cancer may be eligible for settlement benefits.
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Study Highlights Uterine Cancer Risk from Hair Relaxer Chemicals for Black Women Amid a growing number of hair relaxer lawsuits being pursued nationwide, new research warns that Black women could lower their risk of uterine cancer by avoiding heavy or long-term use of the chemical hair straighteners. December 22, 2023 Irvin Jackson Add Your Comments As thousands of women move forward with hair relaxer cancer lawsuits against the makers of Dark & Lovely, ORS Olive Oil and other widely used products, the findings of a new study provides strong support for the claims, indicating that Black women are substantially more likely to develop uterine cancer from hair relaxers, with older, long-term and heavy users of the products facing the greatest risks. In findings published this month in the medical journal Environmental Research, researchers from Boston University report that, in some circumstances, exposure to chemicals in hair straighteners could increase the risk of uterine cancer for Black women by as much as 70%, depending on how long and how often the products are used, and the age of the woman using them. Concerns about the safety of these widely used products spiked late last year, following the publication of a different study, which indicated that women using hair relaxers are more likely to develop uterine cancer, compared to women who did not use hair relaxers. As a result of those findings, women throughout the U.S. began filing Dark & Lovely lawsuits, Just for Me lawsuits and similar claims against the makers of other popular hair relaxers, each raising similar allegations that women were not adequately warned about the presence of endocrine disrupting chemicals in the products, which may be responsible for the development of uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, uterine fibroids and other complications. HAIR RELAXER COMPENSATION Did you or a loved one use hair relaxer products? Uterine cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer may be caused by chemicals in hair relaxer. See if you are eligible for benefits. Learn More SEE IF YOU QUALIFY FOR COMPENSATION HAIR RELAXER COMPENSATION Did you or a loved one use hair relaxer products? Uterine cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer may be caused by chemicals in hair relaxer. See if you are eligible for benefits. Learn More SEE IF YOU QUALIFY FOR COMPENSATION Hair Relaxer Uterine Cancer Risks This latest study involved a review of data on nearly 45,000 women who self-identified as Black between 1997 and 2019, which included at least 347 women diagnosed with uterine cancer. Researchers found that moderate use of hair relaxers among postmenopausal Black women was linked to a 60% increased risk of uterine cancer overall. However, heavy use was linked to a 64% increased risk, and use for 20 years or more, regardless of frequency, increased the risk by more than 70%, providing strong evidence of a dose-response causal connection. “Our study suggests that moderate and heavy use of chemical hair relaxers may be associated with higher risk of uterine cancer among postmenopausal Black women,” Kimberly Bertrand, an associated professor or medicine at Boston University and a corresponding author said in a press release. “In addition, there are major racial disparities in uterine cancer. Compared to non-Hispanic white women, Black women have higher rates of aggressive subtypes of uterine cancer and are nearly twice as likely to die from their disease.” The study did not find an increased risk among women who had not yet gone through menopause, researchers noted. However, they concluded that Black women could reduce their risk of uterine cancer by avoiding hair relaxer. Hair Relaxer Litigation Given common questions of fact and law raised in hair relaxer lawsuits filed throughout the federal court system, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) established coordinated pretrial proceedings in the Northern District of Illinois under U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland in January 2023. Early in the litigation, Judge Rowland indicated that the court will establish a bellwether process, where a small group of representative lawsuits involving different products and specific injuries will be prepared for early trial dates, to help the parties gauge how juries may respond to certain evidence that will be repeated throughout the litigation. While the outcome of these test trials will not have any impact on other claims filed against the manufacturers of different products, the average amounts of jury awards may promote potential hair relaxer settlements that could avoid the need for thousands of individual claims to go to trial nationwide. Following coordinated discovery in the MDL and any early bellwether trials, if the parties fail to negotiate hair relaxer settlements for individuals diagnosed with uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine fibroids and other complications, Judge Rowland may later remand each individual lawsuit directly filed in the MDL back to the U.S. District Court where it would have originated for a separate trial. 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