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Bobby Rush: “Black women appear to buy and use more personal care products, and fewer than 25 percent of products marketed to Black…”

On the recordDecember 3, 2019
Black women appear to buy and use more personal care products, and fewer than 25 percent of products marketed to Black women are considered to be low in potentially hazardous ingredients, compared to about 40 percent of the items marketed to the general public.
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Bobby Rush
Democratic · Illinois

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Rush highlights the disparity in safety of products marketed to Black women.

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