EPA Unveils Final IRIS Formaldehyde Review, Sparking Employer Criticism

EPA has unveiled its long-awaited and controversial Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) formaldehyde assessment -- a pivotal factor in a pending TSCA evaluation of the chemical -- that generally retains conservative risk values that employers have long feared will lead to strict limits on workplace exposures. EPA quietly posted its final IRIS formaldehyde review the afternoon of Aug. 20, but industry backlash began a day earlier, when an informed source tells Inside OSHA that EPA’s landing page for the...