Formaldehyde Exposure Warrants Broader Review, Advisers Tell EPA

A draft EPA analysis that ultimately will determine whether formaldehyde is regulated should examine more ways people can be exposed to the chemical and better estimate what their total exposures could be, agency advisers said during a four-day meeting that concluded Thursday.

The advisers’ recommendation that the Environmental Protection Agency more comprehensively examine people’s exposure echoed concerns environmental and academic groups raised in public comments submitted to the agency and shared at this week’s meeting.

Members of the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals were divided in their advice on a second key issue: whether there’s an amount, or threshold, of ...