Latest Formaldehyde Stories

The U.S. government released a report on Wednesday saying pressed wood products such as particleboard are the main source of irritating formaldehyde fumes in trailers used to house disaster victims.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that such temporary housing should be designed with better ventilation and current health and safety standards may not be enough to protect people."Even though construction materials meet standards ... you have to be a little bit...

The nightmare seems to continue for the victims of Hurricane Katrina like Gina Bouffanie and her daughter. Since leaving their FEMA trailer Bouffanie's daughter has suffered severe breathing problems."It's just the sickness. I can't get rid of it. It just keeps coming back," said Bouffanie, 27, who was pregnant with her now 15-month-old daughter, Lexi, while living in the trailer. " If I had known it would get her sick, I wouldn't have stayed in the trailer for so long."Her...

Victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Louisiana and Mississippi are being urged to quickly vacate trailers provided by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) due to health concerns from toxic levels of formaldehyde.   The U.S. Centers of Disease Control (CDC) performed tests on 519 trailers and found fumes at levels five times as high as those in most contemporary homes. Some of the trailers had levels nearly 40 times as high, raising concerns of potential respiratory...

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c78486) has announced the addition of Chinese Paraformaldehyde Market to their offering. The report is updated based on the old report formulated in 2005. The output of PF has been increasing very quickly in China in recent years. What are the reasons? The report will tell you the answers in detail. The report looks at Chinese PF production, export & import, consumption, technology as well as the driving forces and future...

Fourteen-year-old Bill A. arrives in the school nurse's office complaining of watery eyes, persistent cough, and a burning sensation in his throat, nose, and eyes. He reports having been sent to your office by his science teacher. You inquire about his recent activities and discover that the class has been performing dissections of preserved animal organs. What follow-up would you perform and what would you do for Bill? Do these symptoms strike you as vague and perhaps questionable in...