Spiridor t1_j6idn3m wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:35 PM Reply to comment by tgf2008 in Black and Hispanic hairdressers are exposed to a complex mixture of chemicals, many of them unknown, potentially hazardous, and undisclosed on product labels, researchers report. There are more than 700,000 hairdressers in the United States, more than 90% of whom are estimated to be women. by MistWeaver80 I mean to be fair, the headline seems to be insinuating some kind of racial bias. Even if the sample was only black/Latino hair dressers, if the chemicals are commonly used in the industry there should be no need to mention race at all. Permalink Parent 14
Spiridor t1_j6idn3m wrote
Reply to comment by tgf2008 in Black and Hispanic hairdressers are exposed to a complex mixture of chemicals, many of them unknown, potentially hazardous, and undisclosed on product labels, researchers report. There are more than 700,000 hairdressers in the United States, more than 90% of whom are estimated to be women. by MistWeaver80
I mean to be fair, the headline seems to be insinuating some kind of racial bias.
Even if the sample was only black/Latino hair dressers, if the chemicals are commonly used in the industry there should be no need to mention race at all.