House Reps Request Clarification From FDA On Brazilian Blowout Status

FDA has been quiet on the subject of methylene glycol/formaldehyde-containing heated hair-straightening formulas since issuing a warning to Brazilian Blowout marketer GIB in August 2011. House members request an update on the brand’s regulatory status and measures the agency has taken to ensure the safety of salon workers and consumers.

Following a California court order requiring [GIB LLC] to cease sales of its original Brazilian Blowout hair-smoothing formula in the state by year-end, members of Congress want to know what FDA is doing to protect the health of salon workers and frizzy-haired consumers nationwide.

In a Dec. 11 letter to FDA, Reps. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., press...

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