Formaldehyde causes cancer, asthma and other health problems. It’s released from items all around us — wood products, carpets, insulation and cigarettes — and emitted by a variety of industries.

Yet the Trump EPA’s political leaders have been suppressing the agency’s own scientific assessment of the hazards of formaldehyde. And now, conflicted appointees have begun their own evaluation of the chemical’s risks. They’re already downplaying evidence of formaldehyde’s link to leukemia, an item high on industry’s wish list.

That move will harm our health: These are people who made a living by defending the interests of chemical companies, not ours.