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Hair relaxer lawsuits

More than 12,000 suits by women and families, consolidated in a federal court in Chicago, over chemical hair relaxers and cancer.

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L'Oréal defendant; says its products are safe and the claims lack merit According to L'Oréal Scholarship & press 1
Revlon defendant; denies a connection Scholarship & press 1
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois the Chicago federal court where the suits are consolidated Scholarship & press 1
Arizona Attorney General's Office sued L’Oréal in state court in September 2026 Scholarship & press 1

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Arizona Accuses L'Oreal of Concealing Cancer Risks Linked to Hair Relaxers (Reuters, via Insurance Journal), Reuters, via Insurance Journal, 14 Sep 2026. Scholarship & press
A spokesperson for L’Oreal USA said the company is confident in the safety of its products and believes the claims are without legal or scientific merit.
The lawsuits name L’Oreal, as well as Revlon and other makers of the products. Revlon has also denied a connection between cancer and the products.
The lawsuit comes as the company faces more than 12,000 similar lawsuits filed by women or their families that have been consolidated in a Chicago federal court as part of a multidistrict litigation proceeding
Arizona Attorney General Kristin Mayes, a Democrat, filed the lawsuit last week n state court, making Arizona the first state to sue over alleged cancer risks linked to hair relaxers.

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