On behalf of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. posted in Defective Products on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 After spending nearly a year and a half denying that its pricy hair - straightening product
Brazilian Blowout contained potentially dangerous amounts of formaldehyde, GIB LLC has admitted the truth about the product's formula.
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A few systems that offer formaldehyde - free formulations:
Brazilian Blowout (find salons here), Global Keratin Hair Taming System with Juvexin (Find salons here), and Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy (Find salons here).
Brazilian Blowout Zero doesn't contain the chemical.
«Although the sale of
Brazilian Blowout in California violated five separate state health, environmental and consumer laws and resulted in numerous acute injuries, we have not been able to get it off the market,» DiBartolomeis said.
Down the street, Carlos Arellano is one of the rare stylists still using
the Brazilian Blowout Acai Professional Smoothing solution.
«As the result of the products» results and the lasting effects of just one sitting,
the Brazilian Blowout treatment has become increasingly popular in recent years.
Meanwhile,
Brazilian Blowout is taking its product on the road with two - hour training sessions to certify stylists in 14 cities in California, Texas and Wisconsin.
FDA spokeswoman Tamara Ward said the agency is still investigating
Brazilian Blowout but she couldn't comment because it is «an open case under review.»
Stylists seek reform Hoping to convince federal officials to pay attention to
the Brazilian Blowout dangers, Arce and Marino went to Washington, D.C., in July.
Brazilian Blowout's Acai and Original hair - smoothing products contain high concentrations of methylene glycol, the liquid form of formaldehyde, according to government testing.
I will never touch
Brazilian Blowout again.»
In
Brazilian Blowout, he said, «the levels of formaldehyde exceeded levels that would be of concern for causing cancers and short - term effects» such as burning nose and throat, hair loss, asthma attacks and skin blisters.
Government vs
Brazilian Blowout The FDA sent a violation letter to GIB about
Brazilian Blowout's Acai Professional Smoothing Solution in 2011 after it found methylene glycol, the liquid form of formaldehyde, in samples at concentrations ranging from 8.7 to 10.4 percent.
«I knew it was
Brazilian Blowout.
In Oakland, Calif., there's been enough publicity over the state's enforcement action that most stylists won't offer
Brazilian Blowout.
After the announcement of the proposed settlement, Michael Brady,
Brazilian Blowout's chief executive officer, was quoted in The New York Times as saying it would be paid by his insurance company and would end an unpleasant episode for his company.
Consumer health groups Black Women for Wellness Environmental Working Group National Healthy Nail and Beauty Salon Alliance Manufacturer Groups American Chemistry Council
Brazilian Blowout Cosmetics Design Personal Care Products Council
«My concern is that the concentration in
Brazilian Blowout is too high,» said Dr. Nonhlanhla P. Khumalo, a professor of dermatology at the University of Cape Town and the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital who is leading the study.
The highest penalty, $ 17,500, was levied against a salon in Cleveland, Ohio, involving nine serious citations for exposing workers to excessive levels of formaldehyde from
Brazilian Blowout.
GIB LLC, the North Hollywood, Calif., company that manufactures
Brazilian Blowout, was citedlast year by FDA for «adulteration» and «misbranding» of its Acai solution.
Now that the brilliance of
my Brazilian Blowout has faded out and left my hair back to its unruly, curled state, it's time to make sure that I'm keeping the curls and frizz in check.