Morning, y’all! I feel bad for people who share names with really destructive hurricanes, especially if they’re not super common ones. (Shout out to the Helenes and Katrinas out there.) Erins, you’re up. Hurricane Erin restrengthened to a Category 4 early Monday and is still churning menacingly in the Atlantic.

Let’s get to it.

More than 600 women have filed lawsuits in Georgia against cosmetic companies that sold chemical hair relaxers, including several based in the state.

The plaintiffs say they developed reproductive cancers or tumors after using the products.

Underlying the anger and pain in these cases are larger cultural patterns of Black beauty standards and questionable marketing in the beauty industry.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigative reporters Asia Simone Burns

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