Safe Cosmetics Program News Today

Many ingredients in fragrance formulas can be harmful, but there are safe ways to help your home smell inviting and fresh

The FDA’s recent notice that it would move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products comes more than a decade after researchers raised alarms about health risks.

The move comes at a time of rising alarm among researchers over the health effects of hair straighteners, products widely used by and heavily marketed t...

The Food and Drug Administration is scheduled to release a proposal to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products a decade after it was classified as a carcinogen

In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the

In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the

The agency's recent decision to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products comes 12 years after researchers raised alarms about its health risks.

Formaldehyde has long been classified as a carcinogen, so why is the FDA only now moving to ban it in hair straighteners?

“The fact that formaldehyde is still allowed in hair care products is mind-blowing to me.”

The FDA’s recent notice that it would move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products comes more than a decade after researchers raised alarms about health risks. Scientists say a ban would still leave many dangerous chemicals in hair straighteners.