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EPA staff worried about toxic chemical exposure — for Pruitt
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 19, 2018 04:07pm |
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| Author | ANNIE SNIDER |
| News Date | Thursday, July 19, 2018 06:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's staff sought to protect him from exposure to toxic formaldehyde from an office desk last year, emails show — just months before his top political aides blocked the release of a report on health dangers from the same chemical.
The email exchange about the desk last spring took place just months before top aides to Pruitt took steps to block a health assessment produced by another division within the agency that found the levels of formaldehyde that many Americans breathe in daily are linked with leukemia, nose-and-throat cancer and other ailments. The chemicals industry has fought the assessment, which could prompt federal and state regulators to issue new restrictions on the chemical, and could lead to class-action lawsuits. |
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