FDA slow to take action on dangerous hair products
Three members of Congress are taking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to task over what they say is a lack of progress on formaldehyde-laden Brazilian Blowout and other hair-straightening products that have caused health problems in stylists.
In a letter sent earlier this month to FDA Director Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Reps. Edward Markey, Earl Blumenauer and Jan Schakowsky voice their frustration over the failure of the agency to take decisive action on products such as Brazilian Blowout and Acai Professional Smoothing Solution (which is labeled “formaldehyde-free”), which testing has found to contain formaldehyde levels of up to 10.6% - far above OSHA’s Formaldehyde Standard of 0.1%.