Prior studies have linked chemical hair relaxer chemicals to a wide range of women’s reproductive health outcomes. A new study by researchers at Boston University’s Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS) has reported that long-term use of chemical hair relaxers by postmenopausal Black women was associated with increased risk of uterine cancer. Compared to women who never or rarely used hair relaxers, those who reported using hair relaxers more than twice a year or for more than five years had a great...