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Markey asks FDA to investigate hair straightening products

WASHINGTON -- Can vanity cause cancer?

Representative Edward Markey and some of his congressional colleagues are imploring the US Food and Drug Administration to investigate hair straightening treatments, such as the popular Brazilian Blowout, that contain formaldehyde, a carcinogen.

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Great cause, Markey, now Revere an put your name on its sewer covers.