"These chemicals, historically, they have been used on products in order to keep the hair straight for a longer period of ...

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) suggests avoiding products with problematic ingredients like formaldehyde, sodium hypochlorite, ammonium hydroxide and Borax and boric acid, which may ...

An increasing number of cases of allergic contact dermatitis secondary to formaldehyde resins used for textile finishes have been seen in our office over the last several years. Although ...

The agency blew past two earlier deadlines for finalizing a prohibition on formaldehyde in hair-straightening products.

The letter from New York Representative Nydia M. Velázquez cited health risks that include various cancers, reproductive ...

If the agency ultimately does decide to restrict or ban formaldehyde, it could do so for the substance’s uses including wood products and adhesives. Formaldehyde’s use in hair straightening ...

Congresswomen Press FDA on Why a Proposal to Ban Hair-Straightening Chemicals Is Delayed Two U.S. House members who first pushed the Food and Drug Administration in 2023 to investigate the health ...

The first of two busy periods in Washington this fall is upon us, with several pharma policy action items on the docket for the next few months.

the Dyson Purifier Humidify+Cool Formaldehyde definitely isn’t something that can be shoved into the corner and ignored. It’s a pretty large device but as with most Dyson products, it’s been ...

all of whose products may be safe for patients with formaldehyde sensitivity. A textile finish handout was created for use in educating patients with sensitivity to formaldehyde textile resins at ...

Black women and women of other ethnicities have used chemical hair-straightening treatments for decades, and many of the relaxers, creams and keratin treatments contain formaldehyde — a chemical ...