Industry & Enviros to EPA: Regulate Formaldehyde (And Save Billions For US Taxpayers)

We’ve been busy sending people to the five recent public meetings held by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on formaldehyde - all spurred by a 2008 petition by the Sierra Club and other health and environmental organizations.

Formaldehyde was the health culprit in the toxic trailers distributed to more than 140,000 families after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. I’ve mentioned this issue before in my column, too. Our work has even prompted EPA to schedule one more public meet…