The battle over formaldehyde has shifted. In a recent risk evaluation, the EPA significantly recognized that formaldehyde does not pose an “unreasonable” risk for cancer. But it does pose health risks ...

Early in life, we are taught that beauty and pain are synonymous. I remember, as a little girl, watching my big sister in the salon chair, tears streaming down her face as she gripped the chair ...

A law passed a couple of years ago to revitalize the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) received a lot of attention because of its tough requirements for toxic materials such as lead and ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. ProPublica spent months investigating how a single ...

Formaldehyde is a highly reactive molecule and a known carcinogen 1. The cancer risk associated with environmental exposure to formaldehyde has been extensively studied 2. There is also an increased ...

A different REL has been developed for formaldehyde to take into consideration cancer effects associated with formaldehyde exposure. Only in exceptional cases would the guideline value of 1.63 ppb v ...

A service program of RISE St. James; Caitlion O. Hunter, Juris Doctor, Class of 2022, Past President, Loyola Environmental Law Society; Tim Schütz, PhD Researcher, Anthropology University of ...