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A Win for Science: EPA Releases Formaldehyde Study the Chemical Industry Tried to Suppress

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2004, the International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded that formaldehyde is a human carcinogen, and the US Department of Health and Human Services listed it is as a known human carcinogen in 2011. Children’s exposure to formaldehyde in these settings is concerning because they are smaller and their bodies are still developing.