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EPA Touts Formaldehyde Review Despite Clash Over Workers’ Cancer Risk


February 8, 2023 at 06:10 PM
EPA says its draft risk assessment of formaldehyde will be a model for reforms to the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program, even as employers continue to question its finding that studies of exposed workers show inhaling the chemical can cause leukemia and accuse the agency of misleading peer reviewers on its methods.

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