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

Occupational formaldehyde exposure was linked to cognitive deficits at relatively young ages in a French cohort study. Adults ages 45 and older had a higher risk of global cognitive impairment if they ...

The FDA failed to ban formaldehyde in products marketed to Black consumers, so the beauty community is taking action with the GTFO Campaign.

The Food and Drug Administration plans to recommend a ban on formaldehyde in hair-straightening products after years of research suggests the chemical may cause hormone-related cancers, like breast, ...

The Biden administration has officially determined the chemical formaldehyde poses an “unreasonable” risk to human health and should be regulated. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said this ...

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Formaldehyde is present in many childhood vaccines, put there to kill unwanted bacteria and viruses that might contaminate the vaccine during production. According to the Centers for Disease Control ...

A preliminary study in the New England Journal of Medicine raises a new worry about electronic cigarettes – exposure to formaldehyde. Under certain conditions, taking 10 puffs from an e-cigarette ...

Many furniture manufacturers are improving the efficiency of their processes, eliminating unnecessary costs, and improving quality by using structural plywood and oriented strand board (OSB) in their ...

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that ...