A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.
Between one to five billion pounds of formaldehyde is produced in the United States each year for a wide range of industries and products, including composite wood and other building materials, plastics, pesticides and even some hair straightening treatments.
The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS fighters and tens of thousands of their family members.
Al Hol, a detention camp in northeastern Syria, holds family members of ISIS fighters.
Investigators said that a security camera recorded thieves preparing to burgle the Louvre, but that guards didn’t watch the feed in time. The museum’s director had previously said the camera was facing the wrong way.
Republicans redid their voting maps so they could flip those seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that goal is far from guaranteed.
Downtown Seguin in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, part of the new voting map that state lawmakers adopted. The district is expected to be closely contested in next year’s midterms.
Persistent window condensation is one of the most common winter issues in UK homes. Here’s why it happens, what it means for your windows, and how to get rid of it
FEMA rejected requests for federal assistance, twice, after devastating floods in western Maryland, part of a larger pattern of making communities pay for their own disaster recovery.
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