Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or ...

EPA proposed undoing Biden-era policy on exposure to carcinogenic toxin in latest push to weaken toxin standards ...

Whenever using lotion, it is important to check in on product recalls as well as the ingredients, as some may include metals. Here are several body lotions that, at various points in time, have been ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency released an updated draft risk assessment earlier this month that proposes managing ...

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 ...

Formaldehyde is a common chemical used in various industries as a disinfectant, resin precursor, and synthetic intermediate.

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 ...

Homeowners are facing longer wait times and higher prices for some renovation materials. In some cases, delays are now ...

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 ...

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

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 ...