EPA Advisors Give Split Review Of Draft Formaldehyde Risk Evaluation

EPA’s Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) has published a divided -- and often critical -- review of the draft TSCA evaluation of formaldehyde that calls for some significant changes to its risk calculations while stressing that the several agency offices reviewing the ubiquitous chemical should be working in concert. The final SACC peer review report for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) formaldehyde evaluation was posted to EPA’s website on Aug. 2, less than three months after the panel...