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ACC Comments on the 2024 Draft Risk Evaluation for Formaldehyde Prepared Under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

The Draft Formaldehyde IRIS Assessment is not fit for purpose, and the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics’ reliance on it has compromised the Draft TSCA Risk Evaluation. The draft IRIS document has not undergone a substantive and Federal Advisory Committee Actcompliant peer review and is still in draft form, in a state of transition, subject to change, and inconsistent with the TSCA standards requiring that risk evaluations be consistent with the best available science.

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