AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, INC. v. HHS

Civil Action No. 12-1156 (JEB).

922 F.Supp.2d 56 (2013)

AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent A. Yalowitz , New York, NY, Blake A. Biles , Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Karen Patricia Seifert , United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES E. BOASBERG, District Judge.

In November 2011, Plaintiff American Chemistry Council submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. ACC sought records pertaining to a federally funded study that had considered the potential health effects of exposure to formaldehyde. The study's findings had led HHS to elevate formaldehyde's carcinogenic status in its biennial Report...

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