ACC Says Formaldehyde Peer Review Panel Violates Transparency Mandates

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is stepping up attacks on the peer review of EPA’s draft formaldehyde risk assessment, charging that the National Academy of Science (NAS) is unlawfully concealing key information on its review process amid a long-running battle over the ubiquitous chemical’s risks to workers. Following on recent charges that a key NAS staffer and several members of the peer review body have actual or potential conflicts of interest, ACC’s Formaldehyde Panel wrote in a Sept. 9 letter...