The FDA Missed Its Self-Imposed Deadline to Ban Formaldehyde in Hair Straighteners
UPDATE (January 5, 2026): The future of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s proposed ban on hair-straightening products containing formaldehyde is now uncertain, as the organization just missed its self-imposed deadline of December 2025 to act.The proposal, which was introduced in 2023 and has been paused several times since, would...















