More Air Testing Confirms Hazardous Levels of Formaldehyde in the Air During Hair Straightening Procedures–So Now What?
Are you confused about all the recent hair straightening drama? Well, things aren’t really going to be crystal clear yet after this latest news. Another US federal agency just officially weighed in.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted air testing in salons that use the Brazilian Blowout Acai Professional Smoothing Solution and Brasil Cacau Cadiveu, and found “hazardous levels” of formaldehyde, according to WWD. This comes a month after the FDA wrote a threatening letter to the Brazilian Blowout company that if they don’t reduce the amount of formaldehyde in the products and label the packaging more clearly, that the product would be seized.
