The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has again missed a deadline to propose a ban on chemicals in hair-straightening ...

Formaldehyde has been known to mankind for more than one and a half centuries. Russian chemist Aleksandr Butlerov first reported Formaldehyde in 1859. It is a colorless, strong-smelling gas that mixes ...

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) --It's a familiar nightmare for many people: becoming the victim of a medical mistake. Ekaterina Fedyaeva, 28, experienced that nightmare after a diagnosis of ovarian cysts, small ...

A woman in Russia has died after hospital medics reportedly put a solution containing formaldehyde in her IV instead of saline. According to reports, 27-year-old Ekaterina Fedyaeva was undergoing a ...

A 27-year-old Russian woman has died after doctors mistakenly filled her IV bag with a solution containing formaldehyde. Ekaterina Fedyaeva was said to be undergoing routine surgery at a hospital in ...

CHICAGO -- A move by the federal government may lead to some hair straighteners pulled from shelves, including products most popular with African American women. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

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 ...

Is formalin harmful to humans? Yes, frequent exposure to formalin, a carcinogen used in fish preservation, can lead to kidney damage. Regular fish eaters, beware! Eating fish treated with formalin ...

We may know it from high school biology class (think: frog dissection) but formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, may also be found in your home. (Photo: Getty Images) In Liquidators’ flooring, ...

Understanding the chemistry of protein modification by formaldehyde is central to developing improved methods to recover proteins from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues for proteomic analysis ...

A 27-year-old Russian woman has died after doctors mistakenly filled her IV bag with a solution containing formaldehyde. Ekaterina Fedyaeva was said to be undergoing routine surgery at a hospital in ...