Jonquilyn Hill

What do they do for braiding hair?

When you compare this hair to other beauty products, is there something about braids and extensions that's particularly concerning?

Or is this just one piece of a lot of stuff that's bad for us?

We're having this conversation just days after I got my hair done.

Should I be concerned?

Are braids something I should be avoiding altogether?

Multiple products with multiple chemicals in them.

And it turns out, the Manhattan Project's to blame.

That's next.

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Mariah is also the author of the book They Poison the World, Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals.

And she traces how these ingredients got into the products we use every day.