“FDA’s proposed rule, ‘Use of Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde-Releasing Chemicals as an Ingredient in Hair Smoothing Products ...

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

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

The US Food and Drug Administration has missed its latest deadline to propose banning formaldehyde and certain formaldehyde-releasing chemicals from hair-straightening products, often used by Black ...

Occupational formaldehyde exposure was linked to cognitive deficits at relatively young ages in a French cohort study. Adults ages 45 and older had a higher risk of global cognitive impairment if they ...

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Formaldehyde is a ubiquitous chemical agent, found both outdoors and indoors, as part of the occupational and residential environment. Formaldehyde is an extremely irritant chemical, as well as a ...

In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the ...

Formaldehyde is one of the most demonized chemicals. Know-nothings try to terrify us about the 10 milligrams of the chemical you get from a packet of aspartame. But did you know that your body ...

The Food and Drug Administration plans to recommend a ban on formaldehyde in hair-straightening products after years of research suggests the chemical may cause hormone-related cancers, like breast, ...

Learn how you can identify formaldehyde in hair-smoothing products. March 1, 2012 — -- Five months ago, the federal government put out a hazard alert about the hair-smoothing treatment, Brazilian ...

The Food and Drug Administration has missed its deadline to propose banning formaldehyde in hair straightening products.