Formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals can still be found in certain hair products, despite the FDA's proposal to ...

The FDA is remaining silent on why the agency missed its deadline to ban formaldehyde found in hair-straightening products. The Food and Drug Administration missed its own deadline to ban formaldehyde ...

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that ...

More than half of Black and Latina women in a study in South Los Angeles reported using personal care products that contain formaldehyde-releasing preservatives. Given that formaldehyde is known to ...

UPDATE (January 5, 2026): The future of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 's proposed ban on hair-straightening products ...

A battle over the health risks of formaldehyde—a chemical that is nearly everywhere—is raging again. The latest showdown is over the US Environmental Protection Agency’s draft evaluation, released ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Before you grill up that next piece of fish, know what you're about to eat. North Carolina chemical lab Appealing Products developed food poison detection kits for the Department of ...

Common personal care and beauty products like lotions, soaps, shampoos, eyeliner, and even eyelash glue can contain formaldehyde or preservatives that release formaldehyde—a known carcinogen that has ...

Formaldehyde levels in Capitol Hill office buildings are not as high as suspected and are in compliance with federal regulations, according to a recent series of tests done by the Architect of the ...

Levels of formaldehyde found in trailers can cause respiratory illness, headaches, rashes and many other symptoms. But they are particularly hard on the health of the elderly, children and people with ...

In some cases, waiting times for such materials are now stretching up to two weeks longer compared to earlier this year.