Several Federal, State, and non-U.S. Government Agencies have issued Hazard Alerts warning salon owners, stylists, salon workers and clients that many popular Hair Smoothing Treatments contain high levels of Formaldehyde even though they may have been labeled “Formaldehyde Free.”

Click on the “links” below to see Government Warnings:

• Federal OSHA Hazard Alert
• Federal OSHA Facts about Formaldehyde in Hair Smoothing Products
• Federal OSHA News Release
• Federal OSHA Updated Hazard Alert
• Health Alert: Hair Smoothing Products That Could Release Formaldehyde – Background
• FDA
• New York State Department of Health: Health Alert for Beauty Salon Owners and Workers:Hair Straightening Products and Formaldehyde
• New York State Department of Health:Consumer Health Alert
• Oregon OSHA Hazard Alert
• Oregon OSHA reiterates caution to salons using Hair Smoothing Products
• California Department of Public Health
• Cal/OSHA
• Cal/OSHA completes investigation
  of formaldehyde content in hair smoothing products
• Washington State DOSH Hazard Awareness eBulletin
• Connecticut Department of Public Health
• Oregon Health Licensing Agency
• Oklahoma Department of Labor and the State Board of Cosmetology
• NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) released a Health Hazard Evaluation provided to a salon.
• Health Canada: Brazilian Blowout Solution Contains Formaldehyde
• Health Canada: Update
• Health Canada: Several Professional Hair Smoothing Solutions  Contain Formaldehyde
• Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) “Expert Panel Finds that Formaldehyde and Methylene Glycol are Unsafe as Used in Hair Smoothing Products. Consumers and Hair Care Professionals should Stop Using and Applying ‘Keratin-Based’ Hair Smoothing Products containing Formaldehyde and Methylene Glycol.”