This Is Why Hair Dye Is Dangerous For Your Health

– The cosmetics industry denies these accusations

The hair dyes used by millions of women around the globe contain cancer – related chemicals, warn British scientists.

They say that dyes, including the professional ones are very dangerous to health.

Namely, chemicals in permanent hair dyes can react to cigarette smoke and other air pollutants, by which creates one of the most carcinogenic substance known to mankind.

But, the cosmetics industry denies these claims.

The warning comes from a team of scientists from the company “Green chemicals” from Leeds. They conducted a research about the chemical compounds in hair dye. The most dangerous are so called secondary amines that can go trough the skin and contain inside for months, even years after the dye application.

During the course of time, they react with the cigarette smoke and the air pollutants which cause poisonous chemicals N-nitrosamines to be created.

The hair dye was, even earlier, linked to a wide specter of diseases including: breast cancer, bladder cancer, brain cancer and leukemia.

There is also room for concern that an increasing number of people become allergic to their ingredients, sometimes with fatal outcomes.

Professor David Lewis, one of the authors of the study and expert in paint chemistry says: “In this moment we can’t be sure how big a danger N-nitrosamine is, but it’s clear there is potential danger. For the sake of the customers, it’s vital that researches are conducted and risks are estimated.”