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In an editorial published in the CMAJ on Monday, editor-in-chief Kirsten Patrick said it’s important for medical journals to stand up for science and condemn the erosion of public health surveillance and data collection south of the border.

Questions on the topic are circulating on social media and in the Black community following a proposed U.S. federal rule—still in limbo after multiple delays—to ban the carcinogen formaldehyde in hair-straightening chemicals.