After thousands of consumers of personal care products develop cancer due to talc, a component that contains asbestos, citizens expose the ugly side of a multi-billion-dollar cosmetics industry.

With little regulation over cheap, mass-produced products of the nail industry, many salon workers suffered from health issues as lobbyists attempt to block measures that would protect technicians and consumers alike.

Taking a stand against the $140-billion industry, doctors and scientists discuss how consumers can avoid harmful fragrances and plastics found in skin cosmetics, as well as the ways pollution can disproportionately affect communities of colour.

A popular brand of curl products comes under fire after users and former spokespeople speak out about their harmful experience; Black women receive disproportionate hair care marketing towards them, pressuring them to abandon their natural hair.