An EPA analysis of formaldehyde, which is used to make hundreds of industrial and consumer products, will begin to get a long-delayed critique by independent scientists on Wednesday.
A panel of scientists convened by the nation’s top science adviser, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will hold its first meeting to review a revised formaldehyde assessment the Environmental Protection Agency released in April. The National Academies’ rigorous reviews often take more than a year to complete.
Long-term exposures to small amounts of formaldehyde increase the risk of rare head and neck tumors, leukemia, and other adverse health effects, ...
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