Scott Pruitt aides protected him from formaldehyde while suppressing report on its dangers

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Source: The Guardian







Staff organized for his new desk to be aired out in a warehouse for a week so as to reduce even the smallest chance of exposure


Thu 19 Jul 2018 18.21 EDT
Last modified on Thu 19 Jul 2018 20.14 EDT


Staff at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) organized for a new office desk to air out in a remote warehouse for a week so that former agency head Scott Pruitt wouldn’t have to breathe in any traces of the carcinogenic chemical formaldehyde from his furniture, emails obtained by Politico have revealed.

At the same time, Pruitt was refusing to more strictly regulate the chemical, despite sitting on a report that said it’s putting Americans at risk of leukemia and throat cancer.

Last month it emerged key figures in the EPA were suppressing an agency report, completed just before Donald Trump took office, that found that a majority of Americans inhale unacceptably high levels of formaldehyde vapor in the course of daily life, which puts them at risk of developing cancer of the blood, throat and nose. According to Politico, a trade group representing the businesses could face new regulations if the study were released had frequent access to EPA officials and successfully pressured them to refrain from publishing the report.
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As part of the $9,500 refurbishing of his office – which had already caused controversy for surpassing the $5,000 limit set by Congress for redecoration costs – Pruitt ordered a new desk. When it emerged that it contained formaldehyde, aides sought advice about whether it would be safe for Pruitt......................................



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/19/scott-pruitt-formaldehyde-report

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