Coalitions of state attorneys general on both sides of the political aisle are weighing in on EPA’s proposed formaldehyde review changes, amplifying a decadeslong divide over the health risks of the widely used industrial chemical.
At issue are draft revisions to the agency’s formaldehyde risk assessment, which maintains a Biden-era determination that the chemical poses unreasonable risks but only at levels much higher than previously determined.
Thirteen Democratic attorneys general signed on to a letter, led by New York’s Letitia James, rebuking the Trump administration’s proposed calculations as “dangerous and scientifically unsupported.”
Iowa AG Brenna Bird led a group of 19 Republican attorneys general who wrote in their letter the agency’s “thoughtful and scientifically rigorous approach” and “responsiveness to peer reviewer input strengthens confidence in the scientific integrity of the Agency’s work.”
