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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.