We’re all familiar with the pickled, pungent smell of new furniture, clothes, printer toner, and car interiors. This is formaldehyde off-gassing into the air.
A widespread industrial chemical, formaldehyde causes far more cancers than any other air pollutant. And yet EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has proposed to double the amount of formaldehyde the government considers acceptable for our families to breathe. Moms are taking action today—join us!
Tell EPA: Protect Our Children From Toxic Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is classified as a known human carcinogen, linked to nasal cancers, leukemias, and other health effects. It can also cause asthma and damage to our lungs. Children are particularly vulnerable.
The science is clear: No amount of this DNA-damaging carcinogen is safe to inhale. So why is EPA trying to increase the allowable limit?
With this attempt to double formaldehyde limits, Mr. Zeldin and his political appointees from the chemical industry are setting dangerous new precedents. They are radically changing how EPA evaluates health risks, reversing decades of rock-solid, internationally recognized, peer-reviewed science that has withstood the last four presidential administrations. They are ignoring EPA’s own cancer guidelines.
And our families will pay for this dangerous deceit with our health. More people will get sick and die from exposures to formaldehyde and other toxic chemicals.
Join us in demanding that EPA protect children’s health, not chemical industry profits.