Brazilian Blowout Company Sued for Cancer-Causing Chemical

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Blow dryer and straightener
Blow dryer and straightener

Everyone knows beauty is pain. But should beauty cause cancer?

A month after Oregon officials told beauty workers they should protect themselves while doing the hair smoothing "Brazilian Blowout," the California attorney general's office is suing the company behind the hair treatment. They say that the product contains too much formaldehyde -- the potentially cancer-causing chemical used in embalming fluid.

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