Hair-straightening product at Portland salons found to have high levels of formaldehyde.
Customer complaints led to an investigation and an alert issued Thursday, warning that samples of Brazilian Blowout and Acai Professional Smoothing Solution tested in a state lab contained high levels of formaldehyde, even those labeled "formaldehyde-free."
Searching for breast cancer culprits in chemicals.
Many cancer survivors wonder if their disease was caused by chemicals in the environment. To some extent, scientists will never have "definitive" answers. Scientists sometimes disagree about how to interpret the results. Even more crucially, though, experts disagree about how to act in the face of uncertainty.
Nail salons urged to cut chemicals.
The City is putting pressure on San Francisco’s 200 nail salons to discontinue use of products containing three toxins to protect the industry’s estimated 1,800 workers, along with customers.