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Under Pressure, FDA Agrees to Review Lead in Hair Dye

by Press on February 28, 2017

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Despite bans in Europe and Canada, neurotoxin remains widely used in American hair dyes

In 1980, the FDA approved lead acetate as a repeated use hair dye with minimal restrictions. The levels of lead in the product are allowed to be as high as 6000 ppm. Three years earlier, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the sale of household paint containing more than 600 ppm of lead. A study showed lead contamination from the hair…