The Hair Relaxer MDL is now focusing on bellwether cases to test claims that chemical relaxers cause cancers. After extensive discovery and expert analysis, the court will narrow the cases for trial, ...

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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 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. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images) ...