EPA Touts Prospect Of Rules As It Shifts Formaldehyde From IRIS To TSCA

Correction Appended EPA is defending its decision to shift its long-running Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessment of formaldehyde to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) program's list of existing chemicals slated for high-priority evaluation, just weeks after telling lawmakers it was dropping the IRIS assessment because it was not a priority. In a statement announcing its decision to list formaldehyde and 19 other existing chemicals for prioritization for assessment under TSCA as high-priority candidates, EPA's toxics...