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NIOSH Backs EPA Formaldehyde Draft But Other Agencies Fault Cancer Evidence


April 15, 2022 at 04:41 PM
EPA’s draft finding that formaldehyde exposures can lead to leukemia drew a range of reactions from other federal entities that reviewed a pre-release draft with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) leading praise of the cancer analysis while others warned that they see evidence of that link as more tenuous than the agency is claiming.

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