Endocrine disruptors
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Hair care products containing human placenta and endocrine-disrupting compounds were advertised significantly more often in African-American-targeted magazines such as Essence and Ebony than in other women's publications, researchers at Silent Spring Institute state in study released Nov. 1. The study reviewed 8,000 magazine personal care product ads published between 1950 and 1994, which researchers allege might affect "risk of breast cancer or other health problems." Such products were advertised 70 times in sample Essence/Ebony issues and only twice in Mademoiselle. Recent findings have linked placenta- and hormone-infused products with the development of secondary sexual characteristics in African-American girls (1"The Rose Sheet," Feb. 15, 1999, p. 14)