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.

Comments

Leukemia

[Oswald McWeany]

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?

Re: Leukemia

[chadenright]

Difference is, the muslims will kill you. The christians will bring round coffee and donuts.

Re:Leukemia

[gweihir]

I fail to see the connection with a basically fictional character and an excessively boring and stupid book. (I tried to read it, but seriously, WTF? Were those writing it on drugs or what?)

Obama did it

[Okian Warrior]

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?