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Former chemical lobbyists now decide your cancer risk at EPA

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 08, 2025
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Snakes in formaldehyde (Margus Vilbas/shutterstock.com)

The Trump EPA — staffed with former chemical industry insiders — has proposed nearly doubling the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale. Nice, former lobbyists will determine how much carcinogen you should breathe.

ProPublica reports that the agency is revising a health assessment finalize…

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