Formaldehyde Facts

Formaldehyde Facts is FCI's small space on the Web to talk about formaldehyde. We'll do our best to separate fact from fiction, and cut through all the clutter you get from the mainstream media when it comes to the industrial uses of the molecule, one of the most versatile industrial chemicals known to man.

Senator Vitter, EPA and the National Academy of Sciences

January 06, 2010

As we noted on Christmas Eve, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to engage the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) as the peer review body on the agency's IRIS assessment of formaldehyde. And, as we also noted at the time, that action would have been impossible without U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.), who had placed a hold on...

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Revisiting Formaldehyde in Personal Care Products

January 06, 2010

As you might imagine, we try to keep a close eye on the news here at Formaldehyde Facts, and we couldn't help but notice how the Dallas Morning News reached back into the 2009 news archive to revive some scaremongering from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics on the presence of formaldehyde in personal care products like shampoos and lotions. You'll...

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