At least 50 lawsuits are pending in 19 US district courts regarding alleged links between use of hair relaxer products and uterine cancer, and L’Oreal USA, Inc. is named as a defendant in nearly all of them.
L’Oreal Must Stop Selling Harmful Hair Relaxers, Women’s Group Says As Lawsuits Stack Up
Level Up, fighting for gender justice in the UK, says L’Oreal should reformulate or remove its hair relaxers from the market based on a US National Institutes of Health study indicating that frequent, long-term use of such products more than doubles risk of developing uterine cancer. Meanwhile the beauty giant is embroiled in numerous related lawsuits in federal courts around the US.