EPA Sees ‘Unreasonable’ Worker Risk From All Industrial Formaldehyde Use

EPA’s long-awaited draft TSCA evaluation of formaldehyde says all of its industrial uses and many commercial applications of the ubiquitous chemical pose “unreasonable risk” to workers and others, which could form the basis for a landmark rule regulating or even banning such uses amid industry’s broad attacks on the agency’s science and review process. But any risk management rule EPA may craft based on the evaluation is likely to be tempered by its relatively lenient risk findings. In particular, the...