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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has again missed a deadline to propose a ban on chemicals in hair-straightening ...

Formaldehyde is a common chemical used in various industries as a disinfectant, resin precursor, and synthetic intermediate. It is volatile, highly toxic, and a key environmental pollutant with ...

Formaldehyde shows up in beauty products not because brands want to alarm consumers, but because it has long been used to ...

A team develops an efficient method for synthesizing organic fluorophores using formaldehyde. A research team led by Professor Young-Tae Chang from the Department of Chemistry at POSTECH and Dr. Sun ...

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

Nine House members are urging the agency to revisit its draft risk assessment, which found the chemical poses unreasonable risks to human health. A group of bipartisan lawmakers is pushing EPA to ...

Formaldehyde is a toxic chemical that is ubiquitous in modern life. It’s in adhesives, plastics and children's toys, to name a few. And according to a new investigation from ProPublica, it’s in the ...

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 United States is safe from it. It is a chemical so ...

The university is dedicated to providing safe and healthful work facilities for students and employees, and complying with federal and state occupational health and safety standards. Engineering ...

A research team led by Professor Young-Tae Chang from the Department of Chemistry at POSTECH and Dr. Sun Hyeok Lee from the Basic Science Research Institute of POSTECH has recently made a breakthrough ...