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Brazilian Blowout has Formaldehyde, A Possible Carcinogen

Posted by Ed Krassenstein on Oct 1st, 2010 and filed under Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

Brazilian blowout formaldehyde

Does the Brazilian Blowout contain formaldehyde?

An extremely popular hair treatment, that it seems like everyone is talking about has been found to contain formaldehyde by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The product is something called Brazilian Blowout.

According to the OSHA, who does tests to make sure products are safe to use, the Brazilian Blowout contains an unsafe level of the possible carcinogen, formaldehyde. Some reports are suggesting that it may contain as much as 5% formaldehyde. Laws state that products may not contain any more than 0.1% of the harmful ingredient.

Brazilian Blowout says that their products do not contain formaldehyde, and that the OSHA’s test results are incorrect. They claim that the samples used for testing were not from the company itself but from a salon.

Women have been reporting that they have gotten nosebleeds, burning skin, burning eyes and had difficulty breathing after use of the hair product. The company says that the product only contains amino acids and not the harmful formaldehyde. Until more studies can be completed, it is suggested that women wear masks while using the hair product.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lee-Hunter/1409115225 Lee Hunter

    Formaldehyde as a gas vapor is a very small molecule and will not be filtered out by most masks.
    Lee Hunter, Ph. D.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lee-Hunter/1409115225 Lee Hunter

    Formaldehyde is a very small molecule and will penetrate through most masks.
    Lee Hunhter, Ph. D.

  • Anonymous

    I am so mad about this. I was told it was ‘all natural’ and good for my hair. Yes, I should have researched it, but I did not think I would need to research the safety of a treatment being offered in legitimate and reputable salons in both Canada and the U.S.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1497594996 Treva M. Reyes

    Well I certainly will continue using a product that requires a mask…really what kind of response is that from a company..they should pull it.

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