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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, ...

In April, the EPA published its draft Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde (inhalation), a 192-page document. The publication of this document raises issues ...

Share on Pinterest The FDA proposed a ban on hair straightening products containing formaldehyde that may cause cancer. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images The FDA has proposed banning hair ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The proposal, which was introduced in 2023 and has been paused several times since then, would essentially ban the use of ...

A coalition of 13 Democratic state attorney generals is urging the Trump administration to drop a “dangerous and scientifically unsupported” revision to a federal formaldehyde-inhalation risk ...

EPA said formaldehyde, a ubiquitous and cancer-tied chemical, presents an “unreasonable risk” to human health, a finding that triggers regulatory action to restrict or ban certain uses. The final ...

The Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on certain hair straightening products, saying that they are linked to hormone-related cancers and can cause "long-term adverse health effects." ...

The US Food and Drug Administration will propose a ban on formaldehyde and substances that release this carcinogen from certain hair-straightening and hair-smoothing products. The announcement comes 7 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Jan. 2 the final risk evaluation for formaldehyde conducted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA has determined ...

The EPA is proposing to update several voluntary consensus standards in the Agency's formaldehyde standards for composite wood products regulations and proposes test methods that will provide ...