Hormonal activity in commonly used Black hair care products: evaluating hormone disruption as a plausible contribution to health disparities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Certain types of hair products are more commonly used by Black women. Studies show hair products contain several endocrine-disrupting chemicals that are associated with adverse health outcomes. As chemical mixtures of endocrine disruptors, hair products may be hormonally active, but this remains unclear.

Objective

To assess the hormonal activity of commonly used Black hair products.

Methods

We identified six commonly used hair products (used by >10% of the population) from the Greater New York Hair Products Study. We used reporter gene assays (RGAs) incorporating natural steroid receptors to evaluate estrogenic, androgenic, progestogenic, and glucocorticoid hormonal bioactivity employing an extraction method using bond elution prior to RGA assessment at dil

SUBMITTER: James-Todd T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8812815 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature