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EPA Loosens Formaldehyde Worker Exposure Standard In Final Evaluation

January 2, 2025
Correction Appended EPA’s long-awaited final TSCA evaluation of formaldehyde concludes that the ubiquitous chemical poses unreasonable risk to workers in a wide variety of sectors, and to consumers, but significantly loosens the occupational exposure standard after members of Congress and industry critics called the draft value a “de facto ban” on its use. EPA released its final formaldehyde risk evaluation and associated documents on Jan. 2. The evaluation concludes that exposure to formaldehyde does not pose unreasonable risk to...


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