The chemical can trigger health problems and causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant. Our reporters traveled around New York City and New Jersey with equipment to measure its presence.

When reading the ingredients labels, of course you should look for formaldehyde, but also watch out for formalin or methylene glycol, which are formaldehyde-related ingredients that release the ...

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Some nail hardeners and polishes contain formaldehyde that may be listed on the product label as formalin or methylene glycol, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Also some nail ...

And perhaps most worrisome, it often poses the greatest risk in the one place people feel safest: inside their homes. As the backbone of American commerce, formaldehyde is a workhorse in major sectors ...

You may associate formaldehyde with dissecting frogs in biology class, but the chemical can be found in countless consumer products. And an analysis by ProPublica contends that formaldehyde fumes ...

During the procedure, medics allegedly mixed anesthetic with an unlabeled cup on the same tray that contained formalin, or liquid formaldehyde. The patient allegedly suffered burns to her pelvic ...