It’s no ‘secret’ that Victoria’s Secret is one of the biggest retailers of women’s undergarments, and they are especially known for offfering sexy, comfortable bras that supposedly are high quality.  Well, that last part is debatable since myself and several friends have bought expensive bras there and had them fall apart prematurely, but you get the point – Victoria’s Secret is built on a business model where they charge a premium for feminine, sexy underwear and they have ads going all the time that promote their well known, well endowed models. 

Heck, Gisele Bundchen, their most currently famous model, is a household name from being a Victoria’s Secret model, nicknamed the boobs from Brazil.  Well, one Ohio woman is suing the company for what she claims was damage done to her body from wearing their new Angels Secret Embrace and Very Sexy Extreme models of bra. 

The claim is that she broke out in hives and a rash from wearing the bra, so bad that she ended up getting sores and some of them blistered over.  When the bras were sent to a lab by her lawyers, they found that they had formaldehyde in them, and that their client was most likely allergic to formaldehyde. 

Formaldehyde is a chemical that is used to preserve things, of course not food, but more innocuous things such as body parts or animal parts for study.  Remember biology class in high school?  You probably got a few whiffs of this lovely chemical while in the lab for that class!  The spokesperson fro V.S. said that they understand a small amount of women have been affected by these bras and will help with the investigation as much as possible. 

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