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Natz, executive director of the Formaldehyde Council Inc., a trade group.

David Coggon, a British epidemiologist who did the 2003 study that found no increased level of leukemia, nonetheless said of the new American research: "The data are an extremely useful contribution to our knowledge about the potential human carcinogenicity…. Although I believe the risk of leukemia -- if there is one -- is low, I would expect regulators to take account of all the relevant scientific evidence."

At the Office of Management and Budget, Graham said he agreed with the EPA's decision to proceed after his scientists reviewed the new studies and "found that the results are conflicting and difficult to interpret."

In editing the new rule, Graham's office and senior EPA officials made only passing reference to the new scientific studies and rejected any specific discussion of them. The 503-page document contains no mention of a link to leukemia.

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