{"id":70149,"date":"2026-03-27T06:55:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/trump-epa-relied-on-industry-science-to-weaken-formaldehyde-cancer-rules-documents-show\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T06:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:55:35","slug":"trump-epa-relied-on-industry-science-to-weaken-formaldehyde-cancer-rules-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/trump-epa-relied-on-industry-science-to-weaken-formaldehyde-cancer-rules-documents-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump EPA relied on industry science to weaken formaldehyde cancer rules, documents show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Papers reveal how chemical lobby influenced policy, reversing Biden-era limits on a common carcinogen<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A new trove of chemical producer and US Environmental Protection Agency documents reveal an elaborate industry operation that killed strong regulations around formaldehyde, a highly toxic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/formaldehyde\/hazards#:~:text=Organization%20(WHO).-,Formaldehyde%20.,to%20humans%20(Group%201).\">carcinogen<\/a> widely used in everyday goods from cosmetics to furniture to craft supplies.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden EPA in late 2024 determined any exposure to formaldehyde increased the risk of cancer and other health problems. The Trump EPA in late 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/19\/trump-epa-formaldehyde-protection-proposal\">moved to undo those findings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2025\/12\/03\/2025-21776\/formaldehyde-updated-draft-risk-calculation-memorandum-notice-of-availability-and-request-for\">replace them<\/a> with less protective figures.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2026\/mar\/27\/trump-epa-cancer-rules-formaldehyde\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papers reveal how chemical lobby influenced policy, reversing Biden-era limits on a common carcinogen Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A new trove of chemical producer and US Environmental Protection Agency documents reveal an elaborate industry operation that killed strong regulations around formaldehyde, a highly toxic &#8230; <a title=\"Trump EPA relied on industry science to weaken formaldehyde cancer rules, documents show\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/trump-epa-relied-on-industry-science-to-weaken-formaldehyde-cancer-rules-documents-show\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump EPA relied on industry science to weaken formaldehyde cancer rules, documents show\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}