by liverpoolwin
Leaked communications show that there’s an attempt to keep important health information from the public. A new study has found that formaldehyde is directly linked with leukemia, that is inconvenient for industry so they are attempting to cover it up and spread misinformation about the causes of leukemia.
Reuters 24th May 2018 Extracts from article “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under pressure from the chemical industry, has delayed release of a study detailing cancer risks from formaldehyde, according to internal communications seen by Reuters, potentially keeping important health information from the public.” … “Top EPA officials have declined to review the study or be briefed by its experts on the findings, the internal communications showed.” … “EPA’s last attempt to update its assessment of formaldehyde in 2010 had been criticized by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for failing to draw “clear links” between formaldehyde and leukemia.” … “The new report is expected for the first time to detail its links to leukemia.”
Pressured by industry, U.S. EPA slows formaldehyde study release: documents – www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-formaldehyde/pressured-by-industry-u-s-epa-slows-formaldehyde-study-release-documents-idUSKCN1IP3EX
Misinformation campaign begins to throw people off the scent, linking leukemia with clean homes, flu and a retrovirus, to throw people into confusion:-
21st May – Ultra-clean homes could trigger childhood leukemia, major review suggests
23rd May – Scientists are declaring war against a leukemia-causing virus that has infected millions
The toxic effects of formaldehyde on the nervous system
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19957118
“The reviewed studies have indicated that FA has neurotoxic characteristics and systemic toxic effects. It is hypothesized that inhalation of FA, during the early postnatal period, is linked to some neurological diseases that occur in adults.”