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Should Black women stop using synthetic hair? | GBH News Rooted

Braids are a way to get 'hang time' but there's new evidence that synthetic hair often contains chemicals - including lead and benzene - associated with cancer. Zina Thompson of Zina’s Hair Salon, Shellee Mendes of Salon Monet and Dr. Joyce Imahiyerobo-Ip of Vibrant Dermatology & Aesthetics joined GBH News Rooted Host Paris Alston at the roundtable to discuss the evidence, risks and lack of regulation on hair products. 00:20 What’s in synthetic hair? 1:40 Long braids are ‘the look’ 2:46 Chemical relaxers 3:30 Better labeling? 4:30 Unregulated products 5:40 $19 billion industry 6:00 No ingredients listed 7:00 Greener and cleaner 10:50 Human hair 12:46 Impact on children 13:20 Endocrine disruption 15:50 Impact of heating process 16:33 Is there an alternative? 19:30 How to read labels GBH News wants to hear from YOU! We are conducting our annual audience survey 📝 https://bit.ly/3ZQXSQr. This will help us understand your interests and what you want to see more of from us. It only takes a few minutes, and we are grateful for your input. 🙌 GBH News is a premier source for in-depth local news and original story telling based in Boston, Massachusetts. Subscribe to the GBH News YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/gbhnews?sub... Subscribe to our GBH Daily newsletter at https://www.wgbh.org/daily Follow GBH News on Instagram:   / gbhnews   Like GBH News on Facebook:   / gbhnews   Follow GBH News on X:   / gbhnews   Visit our website: https://www.wgbh.org/news We can’t do it without you. Support our award-winning community journalism by donating today: https://bit.ly/SupportGBHNews