News Items - 1/08/09 - Personal Care Products/Perfumes

Women push for hair relaxers that are less caustic. With a pH of
about 12--similar to that of household ammonia or soap--chemical
relaxers are among the most caustic cosmetics products on the market.
But there is a growing push among advocates to change that.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/05/AR2009010501864.html