Appropriators Criticize EPA's Pending Draft Formaldehyde Risk Assessment

House and Senate appropriators are highlighting EPA's pending human health risk assessment of formaldehyde to reiterate long-standing concerns about the agency's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), calling in fiscal year 2016 appropriations bill report language for increased scrutiny of a controversial study underpinning the assessment. In its recent update to its public schedule for its IRIS assessments, EPA indicated that its long-running assessment of formaldehyde is in step 4a, where staff is preparing the draft assessment for public release, peer...