These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that ...

In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that is so widespread that nobody in the United States is safe from it. It is a chemical so ...

Common personal care and beauty products like lotions, soaps, shampoos, eyeliner, and even eyelash glue can contain formaldehyde or preservatives that release formaldehyde—a known carcinogen that has ...

A battle over the health risks of formaldehyde—a chemical that is nearly everywhere—is raging again. The latest showdown is over the US Environmental Protection Agency’s draft evaluation, released ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- A new report released by ProPublica says formaldehyde causes more cancer than any other toxic chemical in the air. Formaldehyde is colorless, strong-smelling and flammable, and can ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks researcher Kimberly Bertrand about hair relaxers containing formaldehyde and moves by the FDA to ban them. People use hair relaxers for many reasons - for day-to-day ...