The popular practice women use to straighten their hair with chemicals could increase their odds of getting uterine cancer, according to a new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
I knew it.
According to the research, among a group of women who did not use hair-straightening chemical products in the past 12 months, 1.6% developed uterine cancer by the age of 70. Meanwhile, about 4% of the women who frequently used chemical straightening products developed uterine cancer by age 70.
