FDA Intends To Answer EWG’s Hair-Straightener Petition By End Of March

The agency plans to respond by March 30 to the Environmental Working Group’s 2011 citizen petition requesting regulatory action on hair-straightening products that contain or release formaldehyde. In doing so, it could win dismissal of a related suit filed by the NGO and put marketers on notice about regulatory measures that either are, or are not, coming their way.

A suit filed against FDA in Washington, D.C. District Court by the Environmental Working Group and Women’s Voices for the Earth could have implications for marketers of hair smoothers that contain or release formaldehyde, with the agency’s official word on such products potentially in sight.

EWG lodged a citizen petition with FDA in April 2011 asking the agency to investigate deceptive marketing and labeling practices...

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