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Senator Chute seeks answers on harmful relaxers, bleaching substances

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A woman having a phone conversation as her hair is blow-dryed in a salon. [Getty Images]

Marsabit Senator Mohammed Chute has sought a statement from the Senate Health Committee concerning the unregulated sale of harmful hair relaxers and bleaching substances by L'oreal International Cosmetics and Beauty Company.

Chute sought to have the committee investigate whether the ingredients used by L'oreal International Cosmetics and Beauty Company in the manufacturing and preservation of hair relaxers and bleaching substances contain carcinogenic properties such as Formaldehyde.

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