{"id":705,"date":"2011-04-18T16:53:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T23:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/?p=705"},"modified":"2012-01-05T15:31:19","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T23:31:19","slug":"brazilian-hair-stmoothing-has-advisories-issued-again-in-both-canada-and-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/brazilian-hair-stmoothing-has-advisories-issued-again-in-both-canada-and-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Hair Smoothing Treatment Have Advisories Issued Again in Both Canada and the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hazardalert_banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-706\" title=\"hazardalert_banner\" src=\"http:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hazardalert_banner-300x61.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hazardalert_banner-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hazardalert_banner.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osha.gov\/SLTC\/formaldehyde\/hazard_alert.html\" target=\"_blank\">US Department of Labor<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hc-sc.gc.ca\/ahc-asc\/media\/advisories-avis\/_2011\/2011_56-eng.php\" target=\"_blank\">Health Canada<\/a> issued new warnings regarding the formaldehyde levels in Brazilian Hair Smoothing systems. This is added to the already negative view of the Brazilian-style products in both countries and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>In Canada the Health department has added eleven more products to their list of Smoothing systems that exceed the 0.2 per cent allowable limit of formaldehyde in cosmetics.<\/p>\n<p>The new products and their formaldehyde levels are:<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian Blowout Smoothing Solution by Brazilian Blowout \u2014 8.4 per cent.<br \/>\nBrazilian Keratin Treatment by Marcia Teixeira \u2014 1.8 per cent.<br \/>\nAdvanced Brazilian Keratin Treatment by Marcia Teixeira \u20141.7 per cent.<br \/>\nChocolate Extreme De-Frizzing Treatment by Marcia Teixeira \u20141.6 per cent.<br \/>\nKeratin Complex Smoothing Therapy Treatment by Copomon (Coppola) \u2014 1.8 per cent.<br \/>\nGlobal Keratin Taming System Strawberry by Global Keratin \u2014 3.0 per cent.<br \/>\nGlobal Keratin Taming System with Juvexin Strawberry Resistant by Global Keratin \u2014 4.4 per cent.<br \/>\nGlobal Keratin Taming System with Juvexin Strawberry Light Wave by Global Keratin \u2014 1.4 per cent.<br \/>\nPro-Collagen RX Keratin Treatment \u2014 2.8 per cent.<br \/>\nIStraight Keratin (Advanced Keratin Treatment) by IBS Beauty \u2014 2.3 per cent.<br \/>\nBrazilian Thermal Reconstruction by Cadiveu \u2014 7.0 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Health Canada also warns that &#8220;Stylists who use these professional hair smoothing solutions should immediately stop using the affected product.\u00a0 Services using the products mentioned on the advisory should not be offered to clients.\u00a0 Health Canada has not tested all professional hair smoothing solutions.\u00a0 It is the responsibility of manufacturers, importers, distributors and sellers to ensure that their product is in compliance with the <em>Food and Drugs Act<\/em> and <em>Cosmetic Regulations<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lets hope these new warnings motivate the beauty industry to begin acting responsibly and with more interest in the health of the professionals within the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Last week both the US Department of Labor and Health Canada issued new warnings regarding the formaldehyde levels in Brazilian Hair Smoothing systems. This is added to the already negative view of the Brazilian-style products in both countries and abroad. 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