Toxic substance found in 5 hair-dye brands

GUANGZHOU: Five brands of hair dye have been found to contain the potentially cancerous toxic chemical lentine, local consumer authorities said yesterday.

The five well-known international brands include Revlon Color Silk, Ecosystem No 1 Hair Colorant, Sewame Eshine Colorants, Kangchen 3in1 and Ouwaiya hair dye (natural black), all of them produced in the southern province of Guangdong.

The hazardous elements in these brands were detected after the Guangdong provincial consumer commission checked hair dye produced by 21 companies early this year.