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EPA Blocks Warnings on Cancer-Causing Chemical: Report (politico.com)
The Trump administration is suppressing an Environmental Protection Agency report that warns that most Americans inhale enough formaldehyde vapor in the course of daily life to put them at risk of developing leukemia and other ailments, a current and a former agency official told POLITICO. The news outlet adds: The warnings are contained in a draft health assessment EPA scientists completed just before Donald Trump became president, according to the officials. They said top advisers to departing Administrator Scott Pruitt are delaying its release as part of a campaign to undermine the agency's independent research into the health risks of toxic chemicals.
Andrew Wheeler, the No. 2 official at EPA who will be the agency's new acting chief as of Monday, also has a history with the chemical. He was staff director for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in 2004, when his boss, then-Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), sought to delay an earlier iteration of the formaldehyde assessment. Formaldehyde is one of the most commonly used chemicals in the country. Americans are exposed to it through wood composites in cabinets and furniture, as well as air pollution from major refineries.
Andrew Wheeler, the No. 2 official at EPA who will be the agency's new acting chief as of Monday, also has a history with the chemical. He was staff director for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in 2004, when his boss, then-Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), sought to delay an earlier iteration of the formaldehyde assessment. Formaldehyde is one of the most commonly used chemicals in the country. Americans are exposed to it through wood composites in cabinets and furniture, as well as air pollution from major refineries.
If we're breathing in enough formaldehyde to get leukemia, why have I never met anyone with leukemia? Am I just lucky and I put out a lucky aura that protects those around me?
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OK, who here is snorting formaldehyde ?
Breathing air is known to cause cancer in the state of California
I'd like to see more information about the claim that "Americans inhale enough formaldehyde vapor in the course of daily life to put them at risk of developing leukemia". For example, exactly how much risk are we talking about? Unfortunately, the article seems to be mostly about political conflict, with very little actual science being discussed.
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I'll bet he'd tell an obvious lie to protect an obvious traitor.
Oops.. you'd tell an obvious lie to protect an obvious traitor.
Because you are obviously a traitor like your hero Moscow Donald.
You've been misled by Republican propaganda. Even the actual news segment on Fox debunked the U1 conspiracy claim. It's something that Hannity lies to Conservatives about to keep them frothing and voting for harmful politicians.
I've known several people with Leukemia. You wouldn't know them because they kind of drop out of life. Most of them die. Occasionally they go into remission but it's not like they all wear a big badge that says "Hi, I've got Leukemia!".
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Would [Trump] kill Americans to serve is foreign master?
Obama killed Americans without due process - what about it?
I mean - where was your outrage when your side was doing it?
But this has been debunked 8 ways from Sunday.
Funny thing is all these conspiracy theories and bad press for Hillary helped get us Trump. And I"ll say one thing about Trump, he doesn't have any conspiracy theories to speak of. His administration is so openly corrupt what would be the point? He's like Dick Cheney times a million. When you tell people how corrupt he is they don't believe you because if anyone was that openly corrupt somebody, somewhere would do _something_. Right?
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Drinks containing alcohol. But you don't see a widespread health panic about that.
They figure it'll kill Poor People, blacks, brown people, latinos, and other 'undesirables', which so far as they're concerned is a 'win-win' proposition. The Rich will of course use more expensive products and otherwise avoid this so why should they care? Their servants are disposable to them anyway, they'll just toss aside the sick and dying and get new ones.
Exactly. There's always a risk of something when it comes to anything. We assess the risks and do what we can. Why can't there be a rational discussion about anything without somebody going straight for the extreme, nuclear route?
"You've been misled by Russian propaganda"
After reading the article from Politico, I'm a bit concerned with not how the EPA is being implemented, but how easily it's leadership/direction is pointed. Only a few years ago with a different president, the EPA was going hard left in it's views. Now it seems to be going hard right. The EPA has a very long reach on every day Americans. Everyone will feel it in higher costs of good and services.
How can you take a long look at the environment/health issues changing so radically, what could be every 4 years? Truth usually resides somewhere in the middle.
(I'm not for the right or left, just what makes sense. It's funny to hear the same the "world is going to end" from one side when the other side is "in power")
Studies about health risks should probably be available through the NIH. The observed health risk of formaldehyde does not seem to have changed. My interpretation of the politico piece: EPA wants stricter rules for emission anyway, the industry doesn't.
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p...
And yet nobody is redacting or withholding this report on the basis of ANY SCIENCE, you nitwit. You don't have a scientific leg to stand on to even critique it, which is even more notable because you don't know what it says.
Trump is blocking it because he's anti regulation and doesn't give a fuck if people are sickened by industry, as he's demonstrated consistently. Look that word up you fucking apologist moron.
All you're doing is trying to run distraction for a retarded decision by a traitor sellout on his way to Federal Prison, you have not a lick of scientific integrity and pretending you do is hilarious to read on slashdot as if it mattered.
These constant political posts are driving me away. Please, there are many sites that already cover this crap. Stick to tech!
You truly deserve to die of cancer while being shot with a gun you retarded brain-poisoned Republican apologist faggot. I'll make sure they pump you full of Formaldehyde you love so much, stupid backwater red state faggot.
Mod parent up. jedidiah clearly doesn't understand how science works. Withholding results is not science as he's trying to claim. If anything, it's a religious slaughtering of the scientific method to prevent information from getting to the public.
... Formaldehyde is one of the most commonly used chemicals in the country. Americans are exposed to it through wood composites in cabinets and furniture
And don't ferget trailers Vern. Them things is toxic with a capital "T".
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That's because this article is about how the EPA is blocking the release of the facts. (Or at least a report claiming to contain them)
"I'm not impressed by anti-cancer hysteria therefore I am anti-science? " No, you're a denialist faggot generally on on this topic specifically without a lick of science behind your bullshit tropes. You're a moron, not a scientist.
Just part of making America Great Again! Can also rename the "United States Department of Defense" as the "United States Department of Offense".
The risk is mainly for workers in factories and shipping, not home owners that are exposed to plywood and laminate flooring during their lifetime, right?
Seriously, in DAILY life? I call major B.S. on this.
Formaldehyde oxidizes to Formic Acid in atmosphere.
It has a half-life of about 1-2 hours unless hydroxyl ions are present, then it lasts around 12 hours.
"Formaldehyde is an essential metabolic intermediate in all cells. It is produced during the normal metabolism of serine, glycine, methionine, and choline and also by the demethylation of N-, S-, and O-methyl compounds. As such, it is a normal metabolite, and enters into the chain of biochemical events in humans and other animals to give rise to essential cellular substances. ... In humans, the overall evidence for cancer is inconsistent and associations are relatively weak when significant."
The EPA simple guidelines for exposure are here:
https://www.epa.gov/aegl/forma...
The units are ppm or mg/m^3. For most food products Formaldehyde concentrations are in micro-grams/Kg.
The complete 71 page EPA report is here, and explains AEGL:
https://www.epa.gov/sites/prod...
Most individuals will notice the distinct, pungent odor of formaldehyde at the AEGL-1, less than 1ppm, and experience eye irritation. At AEGL-2 formaldehyde causes mild lacrimation (like a tear gas), at 14ppm. At AEGL-3 death occurs at100ppm for 10 minutes or in 8 hours at 35ppm.
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Numerous people plagued with cancer or dead from cancer doesn't bother the right wing one little bit. It is only important that businesses make money. So don't be a party pooper. Suck up some coal dust with your formaldehyde. Top it off with a mercury laced peace of tuna and you are all set.
Oh look! In just half a sentence, you've revealed that you're so biassed that nothing else you write can be trusted.
Look at that article. Notice the pollution collected on the EPA front doors in the picture!
Just adds to my cynicism over the anti-protection EPA policies.
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