National Academy of Sciences reviews EPA formaldehyde risk assessment

摘要

The National Academy of Sciences recently released its review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2010 draft IRIS risk assessment on formaldehyde, which listed formaldehyde as a "known" human carcinogen.EPA's draft assessment attempts to identify the level at which formaldehyde presents a potential risk for adverse effects on human health. NAS was critical of EPA's final assessment, claiming that EPA's draft assessment failed to support its conclusions that formaldehyde causes respiratory cancers, leukemia, asthma and other health problems.