Uterine Cancer Study Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
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Summary
Study of hair straighteners and uterine cancer risk, focused on impacts for women of color. This bill would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to lead a coordinated study with the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to review evidence, disaggregate results by race and by product treatments, and assess whether manufacturers need additional safety testing for chemical hair straighteners.
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- Women and families: The study would provide clearer evidence about potential links between chemical hair straighteners and uterine cancer, with attention to whether risks are higher for women of color. The results will be broken down by whether products include dyes, bleach, highlights, or perms.
- Regulators and manufacturers: The review must evaluate whether the FDA should impose extra testing requirements on hair straightener makers to ensure product safety.
- Researchers and lawmakers: The bill requires HHS to describe its study method to relevant congressional committees within 45 days and to deliver a final report within 2 years.
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Study on hair straighteners and uterine cancer
If enacted, HHS would study links between chemical hair straighteners and uterine cancer. HHS would work with FDA and NIH. The study would look at higher rates among women of color and impacts across all groups. Results would be broken out by products with dyes, coloring, bleach, highlights, or perms. It would review past research and say if FDA should require extra safety testing for makers. HHS would send a study plan to Congress within 45 days, start within 180 days, and report within 2 years.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
OH • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
GA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
AL • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]
VA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]
LA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
MA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
GA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Ansari
AZ • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]
AL • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
NC • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
NY • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
TX • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Mannion
NY • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Fletcher
TX • D
Sponsored 7/21/2025
Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
IL • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
MA • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
NC • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
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