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☆ Formaldehyde causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant. Little is being done to curb the risk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Sharon Lerner | Al Shaw | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +28 min

The result is that even the EPA’s alarming estimates of cancer risk vastly underestimate — by as much as fourfold — the chances of formaldehyde causing cancer. But four former government scientists with experience doing statistical analyses of health harms told ProPublica that the myeloid leukemia risk calculation was sound. The agency’s sprawling assessment shows that, among scores of individual air pollutants, formaldehyde poses the greatest cancer risk — by far. As the EPA admits, its cancer risk calculation fails to reflect the chances of developing myeloid leukemia. Nationwide, that’s the average lifetime cancer risk from air pollution; formaldehyde accounts for most of it.

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☆ Halloween Is for Kids. ‘Kidults’ Too.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Jordyn Holman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In a recent survey from the Toy Association, 41 percent of parents over age 18 said they bought toys for themselves in the past year. Millennial and Gen Z parents — who, to be fair, are still relatively close to their own childhoods — were most likely to say they would buy a toy for themselves. The term “kidult,” now ubiquitous in the retail industry, is not new. It was coined in the 1950s by TV industry executives to refer to adults who watched shows intended for children.

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☆ Fading Supply-Chain Problems Signal Season of Plenty for Holiday Shoppers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Austen Hufford | Sharon Terlep | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Easing supply-chain pressures mean American consumers can look forward to their first normal holiday season in three years, industry executives and analysts say. They project full store shelves—and even deals—as retailers work through gluts in product categories from toys to furniture. “The script has been flipped,” said Steve Pasierb , president of manufacturing group The Toy Association. “From a supply-chain standpoint, it’s the opposite of last year.”

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