A Missouri woman claims chemicals in hair-relaxer products caused her cancer and rendered her unable to bear children, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Chicago.
Since she was in the third grade, Jenny Mitchell said she has used products made by cosmetics firm L’Oreal and Chicago-based hair care line ORS to straighten her curly hair, not knowing they contained chemicals linked to endocrine disorders and cancer, the Waynesville, Missouri, native said Monday as she stood with her attorneys outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Four years ago, at age 28, she was diagnosed with uterine cancer and had a hysterectomy.
