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# Hair Straighteners May Pose a Small Risk for Uterine Cancer, Study Finds
- URL: https://werd.io/hair-straighteners-may-pose-a-small-risk-for-uterine-cancer/
- Published: 2022-10-20T00:12:22.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-20T00:12:22.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“For women in the study who had never used hair straighteners, the risk of developing uterine cancer by the age of 70 was 1.64 percent, the research found, while the rate for frequent users of straighteners was more than doubled at 4.05 percent.” [#Health](https://werd.io/tag/Health)

\[[Link](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/health/hair-straighteners-black-women-cancer.html)\]