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To ensure the safety of employees and clients, hair salons are required to comply with the regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). These federal regulations apply not ...

On March 2, 2021, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a consumer update in the form of a “what you should know” regarding formaldehyde in hair smoothing or straightening products, such ...

Released by US the Department of Labor: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a revised hazard alert to hair salon owners and workers ...

, a salon hair smoothing solution, grows frizzier. Lawyers this week filed a complaint in , asking for an injunction that would force to stop reporting test results showing the product contains unsafe ...

A Newark company faces $82,500 in penalties from the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for overexposing employees to formaldehyde, along with more than a dozen other ...

Officials from the Minnesota Department of Health today are warning hair salon owners and their customers about certain hair-smoothing products-sometimes referred to as keratin treatments-that may ...

OSHA has cited Nova Southeastern University for 10 safety violations in its anatomy lab that exposed workers to formaldehyde. The federal agency said the Davie-based private university didn’t provide ...

Oregon's workplace-safety watchdogs warned the state's 21,228 licensed hair stylists Friday that extensive testing found significant formaldehyde levels in the popular, high-end treatment known as , ...

A variety of hair-straightening products used in professional salons can expose both hairdressers and their customers to formaldehyde, an independent study finds. And the chemical can be really ...

When high levels of formaldehyde began showing up in FEMA trailers housing those left homeless by Hurricane Katrina, it was a reminder that this chemical is all around. It's in glue, plywood, plastics ...