- A multimillion dollar settlement is near over mobile homes in which formaldehyde gas was emitted by interior particleboard, flooring materials, glues and adhesives in cabinetry, bunk beds and bench ...

Hair relaxers and treatments commonly used in salons and even available in beauty stores contain formaldehyde and ...

A federal draft proposal advocating for new risk evaluation standards has raised alarm bells that Americans may experience ...

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." ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For years there has been a constant battle between women and hair straightening companies. Some women have come forward with concerns that they have with some hair straightening ...

Hair straighteners and hair smoothing products are often marketed for and used by Black women. But the Food and Drug Administration plans to ban hair straighteners that release formaldehyde gas — a ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to ban hair-straightening products that contain or release formaldehyde – a known human carcinogen – has been pushed back again. According to ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that is so widespread that nobody in the ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

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