Oops They Did It Again: FDA Misses Deadline To Propose A Ban On Formaldehyde, The Chemical Often Used In Hair Relaxers  

Essence Magazine:

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to meet their own deadline in April to issue a proposed ban on the use of formaldehyde, a chemical often used by Black women in their formaldehyde is extremely dangerous. “[A] decadeslong study by the National Institutes of Health of more than 33,000

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