The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has missed yet another deadline to propose banning formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals from hair-straightening products.

Salon workers have pushed for a ban on the chemical, which increases the risk of hormone-related cancers, since 2021.

PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are not called "forever chemicals" for nothing. These ...

"There is no safe level of exposure in consumer products that are heated and inhaled, particularly in occupational settings ...

JEOLLANAM-DO PROVINCE, South Korea, Dec. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Formaldehyde is a common chemical used in various industries as a disinfectant, resin precursor, and synthetic intermediate. It is ...

A panel divided into nine even squares shows different shades of wood flooring. The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a safe exposure threshold for formaldehyde, a chemical intermediate ...

The EPA has recently released a draft proposal that would nearly double the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale, a move strongly criticized by public health and environmental groups. This ...

The chemical industry finally got its wish. Industry lobbyists have long pushed the federal government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ...

A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen. By Hiroko Tabuchi The Trump ...