Formaldehyde is periodically rumored to be in various Asian brews: For decades, backpackers in Southeast Asia have shared urban myths about getting headaches from the chemical in the local beer.

Fears about formaldehyde in Chinese beer have offered a vivid lesson about public-health scares in China and how newspapers, Web sites and marketers can drive the agenda more than state ...

Formaldehyde has been linked to cancer — but the chemical, and preservatives that release it, are often added to personal care products to extend their shelf life.

A man dying from alcohol poisoning was saved after doctors in Vietnam pumped 15 cans worth of beer into his body. The 48-year-old, Nguyen Van Nhat, fell unconscious and was taken to a hospital in ...

Reports have surfaced that 95 percent of China's bottled beer contains formaldehyde, a cancer-causing agent, but the industry has lashed back saying the amount used was within acceptable standards.

Watchdog clears beer of formaldehyde fear. Vivian Wu + FOLLOW. Published: 12:00am, 16 Jul, 2005. Why you can trust SCMP.

Dear Answer Man, during a tour of a brewing facility, our group was told that a number of years ago a large national brewer pushed through legislation that allowed a preservative to be added to ...

Formaldehyde is an essential ingredient in the production of urea fertilizer, but an Environmental Protection Agency occupational exposure value ruling on the substance, could threaten its use in ...

Big beer companies accounting for the majority of the Chinese market, including Tsingtao and Yanjing, have stopped using formaldehyde in favour of other additives to ensure the quality of the beer.

In Knox County, people living near the University of Tennessee, Whittle Springs and Lonsdale have a one in 46,000 chance of getting cancer from formaldehyde.

China's major beer companies, including Tsingtao and Yanjing which account for the majority of the Chinese market, have stopped using formaldehyde in favor of other additives, it said. Xiao added that ...

ST. LOUIS — An "ever-present danger" causes far more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant in society. The chemical is so pervasive in St. Louis that the city has 21 of the 23 most at-risk ...