A 28-year-old Russian woman was supposed to be put on a saline drip during a routine surgery last month. Instead, doctors mistakenly gave her formalin solution, which contains formaldehyde, which is ...

(CNN) — A plan for the US Food and Drug Administration to propose banning formaldehyde and certain formaldehyde-releasing chemicals from being used in hair-straightening products remains in limbo ...

Formaldehyde is a human carcinogen, the National Research Council (NRC) says in a new report. It upholds a federal classification of the chemical that industry has vigorously disputed. The National ...

Sridhar Dharmapuri, at a scientific conference in Dhaka on Sunday, said instead, Bangladesh must keep eyes on the use of pesticides and metals in food as they were ‘hazardous’ to human health. His ...