I get posts from a lot of lists and this seems
to follow the thread that I have started
It seem to deal primarily
with Formaldehyde in homes, particularly new homes.
Fwd: Formaldehyde
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>Study flags new formaldehyde risks
>
>Chemical
>found in permanent
>press shirts,
>other products
>
> Do you suspect the preservatives in your new carpet of turning your house
>plants brown? Does that smell mysteriously flash you back to the frog you
>dissected in Chemistry 101? If so, you might be exposed to formaldehyde. A
>new study finds that the chemical, known to be unhealthy at high
>concentrations and in poorly ventilated spaces, is found in many household
>products — from permanent press shirts and bed linens to most home-building
>materials.
> SIX YEARS AGO, Daliya Robson was a successful real estate agent, showing
>homes overlooking the spectacular coastlines and tucked in the woods around
>Santa Cruz, Calif. But in the course of previewing the desirable area’s new
>homes and properties — freshly built with new wood-flooring finishes,
>cabinets, insulation and carpets — she became very ill.
> “I would come into these homes and be overwhelmed by the smells —
>houses that had been locked up but which had been newly treated with all
>sorts of products,” she says. “Most of them, I found out, were toxic
>chemicals, and they really did me in.” Her symptoms included burning eyes
>and skin, allergies, headache, dizziness and disorientation.
> Robson, now in her early 60s, believes her problems stem from
>exposures to formaldehyde and related chemicals. She became so chemically
>sensitized that she was forced to leave her job and drastically rearrange
>her life, to the point of refurnishing her home and seeking medical help.
>“The smell was too much in these newly built houses and now I’ve been forced
>to live in an older senior citizen home,” she says.
> But she adds, “I’m doing remarkably better than many people.” Robson
>has been in touch with more than 9,000 people experiencing similar symptoms
>through the hotline (800-968-9355) she started in 1992.
>
>A GROWING PROBLEM?
> “Formaldehyde is probably the top indoor air quality troublemaker,”
>according to Thomas J. Kelly, a chemist at the Battelle Memorial Institute
>in Columbus, Ohio, and author of a new study of the chemical commissioned by
>the California Air Resources Board. The study, described in the January
>issue of Environmental Science and Technology, a journal published by the
>American Chemical Society, is the first of its kind in more than 15 years.
> The chemical’s ability to trigger health problems and allergies has
>become well known in the housing industry during the last 10 years, says Don
>Bremner, vice president of Restoration Environmental Contractors in Toronto
>and Tampa, Fla., a company that removes formaldehyde from homes. “A lot of
>people are sensitized that weren’t years ago.”
>
> How safe is your house?
>
> Formaldehyde is a base product in most home products, including
>cabinets, insulation, counters, wallpapers and finishes, says Bremner. But
>the Battelle study is the first to extensively test a whole range of
>household products, 55 in total.
> The institute’s chemists “chamber-tested” each product by placing
>them in a closet-sized chamber for 24 hours. They then measured the
>formaldehyde in the air.
> By far, the highest emitter was an acid-cured wood floor finish that
>gives floors a glossy shine. Fingernail hardeners and polishes were among
>the highest-emitters in the category of wet products. Other relatively high
>emissions came from freshly applied interior latex paint.
> Among dry products, certain permanent press items, such as shirts,
>pillow and linens, gave off “surprisingly high” emissions because of the
>coatings applied to them, says Kelly.
> “These products have not been tested as extensively as have pressed
>wood products, particle board, plywood and other construction materials,”
>says Kelly. The new study “fills the gap” by determining the rates of
>formaldehyde fumes emitted from a wide spectrum of products used by
>consumers and found in typical California homes and offices, he says.
> “People should be aware of how many different products contain these
>chemicals because it’s up to them to minimize their exposures,” says Kelly.
> The good news, says the chemist, is that many products, such as wood
>products, emit lower levels than in the past; the industry has adopted some
>voluntary standards to bring emissions down. However, the Battelle study
>found that the urea-formaldehyde particleboard tested did not meet that
>standard.
>
>A COMMON CHEMICAL
> Formaldehyde has long been regarded as an important industrial
>chemical, involved in so many industries that it is thought to contribute a
>major segment of the U.S. gross national product, says Bremner. According to
>industry figures, formaldehyde demand is growing from 9.3 billion pounds to
>9.6 billion in 2002.
> Beyond the uses mentioned, formaldehyde is common in agriculture as a
>fumigant and fungicide, in the textile industry as a dye and preservative,
>as a coating and adhesive in paper, and in dry cleaning. But it is also
>found in products as different as cosmetics, spermicides and creams — even
>mouthwashes and disinfectants.
>How to minimize your exposure
>
> You may not be able to avoid coming in contact with some formaldehyde on a
>daily basis, says John Bower of The Healthy House Institute. But for most
>people, a low-level exposure to the chemical (up to 0.1 parts per million)
>does not produce symptoms, experts say.
>
>According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, you can limit your
>exposure by:
>
> Purchasing only pressed wood products that are labeled to indicate they
>conform with safety standards.
>
> Purchasing furniture or cabinets that contain a high percentage of panel
>surfaces and edges that are laminated or coated. Unlaminated or uncoated
>(raw) panels of pressed wood products will generally emit more formaldehyde.
>
> Avoiding wood panel products made with urea-formaldehyde glues.
>
> Avoiding the use of foamed-in-place insulation containing formaldehyde.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The chemical has long been pegged as toxic. It is classified as an
>animal carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency and as a “probable
>human carcinogen.” Both the government and various industries have sought to
>reduce people’s exposures to the substance.
> In 1982, the Consumer Product Safety Commission moved to ban
>urea-formaldehyde foam (UFFI), which was widely “spray-gunned” as insulation
>into walls and foundations until it proved to sicken many occupants. A court
>appeal, brought by the U.S. Formaldehyde Institute representing the
>industry, a year later overturned it, but the ban greatly discouraged
>further use of the product for residential insulation.
> Since then, however, CPSC and the Department of Housing have worked
>with the pressed-wood industries to reduce the degree to which the chemical
>“off gasses” from their product, according to John Bower, director of the
>Healthy House Institute of Bloomington, Ind.
> Formaldehyde’s side effects show up most frequently among people
>living in mobile homes, which are often built of cheaper particle board and
>wall panels and built tight to save energy-thereby trapping the gases.
>“However, a conventional house that is built with the same materials can
>also contain unhealthy amounts of formaldehyde,” Bower wrote in an article
>for the magazine Indiana Builder.
> He points to a 1985 HUD regulation on using pressed wood products in
>manufactured housing designed to ensure that indoor levels are below 0.4
>parts per million parts of air (ppm). “However, it would be unrealistic to
>expect to completely remove formaldehyde from the air,” he wrote. “Some
>persons who are extremely sensitive to formaldehyde may need to reduce or
>stop using these products.”
>
>SYMPTOMS VARY
> As the CPSC notes in its 1997 brochure, the chemical “affects people
>differently. Some people are very sensitive to formaldehyde while others may
>not have any noticeable reaction to the same level. Persons have developed
>allergic reactions (allergic skin disease and hives) to formaldehyde through
>skin contact with solutions of formaldehyde or durable-press clothing
>containing formaldehyde. Others have developed asthmatic reactions and skin
>rashes from exposure to formaldehyde.” And, the agency adds, it is just one
>of several gases present indoors that may cause illnesses with flu-like
>symptoms — watery eyes, itching ears, sore throat and respiratory problems.
> But despite its varied effects, some have proven quite serious. The
>chemical has been linked to menstrual disorders and pregnancy problems among
>women exposed to high levels of the gas in nail salons, according to the
>EPA. In other occupational settings it has been strongly linked to nose and
>throat cancers.
> Since 1979, there has been a score of legal and government actions
>related to chemical sensitivity. In 1993, Brenda Smith and several office
>workers brought a $3 million suit against Mead Paper Company because they
>claimed to develop formaldehyde sensitization from handling carbonless copy
>paper.
> Some of the highest levels of airborne formaldehyde have been
>detected in indoor air. A troublesome aspect of the chemical is its
>“immunotoxic” characteristics.
> “One of the most insidious problems with formaldehyde is its ability
>to sensitive people to other pollutants,” wrote Bower. “Once someone has
>been sensitized, they will begin to react to extremely small exposures,
>levels that were previously not a problem. They then may require a house
>built with no formaldehyde sources at all. This can be very expensive,
>because formaldehyde is used in so many products.”
> At greatest risk, according to Bower are “young children, the
>elderly, someone who is already ill, and pregnant women. This explains why
>construction workers aren’t often affected — they are usually healthy adult
>males.”
>
> Francesca Lyman is an environmental and travel journalist and editor
>of the recently released “Inside the Dzanga Sangha Rainforest.”
>
>http://www.msnbc.com/news/231529.asp
>
>
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>and yours alone.
>Investigate BEFORE you vaccinate.
>******************************************************
>
>
>
>
How many of these names do we know?
>Study flags new formaldehyde risks
>
>Chemical
>found in permanent
>press shirts,
>other products
>
> Do you suspect the preservatives in your new carpet of turning your house
>plants brown? Does that smell mysteriously flash you back to the frog you
>dissected in Chemistry 101? If so, you might be exposed to formaldehyde. A
>new study finds that the chemical, known to be unhealthy at high
>concentrations and in poorly ventilated spaces, is found in many household
>products — from permanent press shirts and bed linens to most home-building
>materials.
> SIX YEARS AGO, Daliya Robson was a successful real estate agent, showing
>homes overlooking the spectacular coastlines and tucked in the woods around
>Santa Cruz, Calif. But in the course of previewing the desirable area’s new
>homes and properties — freshly built with new wood-flooring finishes,
>cabinets, insulation and carpets — she became very ill.
> “I would come into these homes and be overwhelmed by the smells —
>houses that had been locked up but which had been newly treated with all
>sorts of products,” she says. “Most of them, I found out, were toxic
>chemicals, and they really did me in.” Her symptoms included burning eyes
>and skin, allergies, headache, dizziness and disorientation.
> Robson, now in her early 60s, believes her problems stem from
>exposures to formaldehyde and related chemicals. She became so chemically
>sensitized that she was forced to leave her job and drastically rearrange
>her life, to the point of refurnishing her home and seeking medical help.
>“The smell was too much in these newly built houses and now I’ve been forced
>to live in an older senior citizen home,” she says.
> But she adds, “I’m doing remarkably better than many people.” Robson
>has been in touch with more than 9,000 people experiencing similar symptoms
>through the hotline (800-968-9355) she started in 1992.
>
>A GROWING PROBLEM?
> “Formaldehyde is probably the top indoor air quality troublemaker,”
>according to Thomas J. Kelly, a chemist at the Battelle Memorial Institute
>in Columbus, Ohio, and author of a new study of the chemical commissioned by
>the California Air Resources Board. The study, described in the January
>issue of Environmental Science and Technology, a journal published by the
>American Chemical Society, is the first of its kind in more than 15 years.
> The chemical’s ability to trigger health problems and allergies has
>become well known in the housing industry during the last 10 years, says Don
>Bremner, vice president of Restoration Environmental Contractors in Toronto
>and Tampa, Fla., a company that removes formaldehyde from homes. “A lot of
>people are sensitized that weren’t years ago.”
>
> How safe is your house?
>
> Formaldehyde is a base product in most home products, including
>cabinets, insulation, counters, wallpapers and finishes, says Bremner. But
>the Battelle study is the first to extensively test a whole range of
>household products, 55 in total.
> The institute’s chemists “chamber-tested” each product by placing
>them in a closet-sized chamber for 24 hours. They then measured the
>formaldehyde in the air.
> By far, the highest emitter was an acid-cured wood floor finish that
>gives floors a glossy shine. Fingernail hardeners and polishes were among
>the highest-emitters in the category of wet products. Other relatively high
>emissions came from freshly applied interior latex paint.
> Among dry products, certain permanent press items, such as shirts,
>pillow and linens, gave off “surprisingly high” emissions because of the
>coatings applied to them, says Kelly.
> “These products have not been tested as extensively as have pressed
>wood products, particle board, plywood and other construction materials,”
>says Kelly. The new study “fills the gap” by determining the rates of
>formaldehyde fumes emitted from a wide spectrum of products used by
>consumers and found in typical California homes and offices, he says.
> “People should be aware of how many different products contain these
>chemicals because it’s up to them to minimize their exposures,” says Kelly.
> The good news, says the chemist, is that many products, such as wood
>products, emit lower levels than in the past; the industry has adopted some
>voluntary standards to bring emissions down. However, the Battelle study
>found that the urea-formaldehyde particleboard tested did not meet that
>standard.
>
>A COMMON CHEMICAL
> Formaldehyde has long been regarded as an important industrial
>chemical, involved in so many industries that it is thought to contribute a
>major segment of the U.S. gross national product, says Bremner. According to
>industry figures, formaldehyde demand is growing from 9.3 billion pounds to
>9.6 billion in 2002.
> Beyond the uses mentioned, formaldehyde is common in agriculture as a
>fumigant and fungicide, in the textile industry as a dye and preservative,
>as a coating and adhesive in paper, and in dry cleaning. But it is also
>found in products as different as cosmetics, spermicides and creams — even
>mouthwashes and disinfectants.
>How to minimize your exposure
>
> You may not be able to avoid coming in contact with some formaldehyde on a
>daily basis, says John Bower of The Healthy House Institute. But for most
>people, a low-level exposure to the chemical (up to 0.1 parts per million)
>does not produce symptoms, experts say.
>
>According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, you can limit your
>exposure by:
>
> Purchasing only pressed wood products that are labeled to indicate they
>conform with safety standards.
>
> Purchasing furniture or cabinets that contain a high percentage of panel
>surfaces and edges that are laminated or coated. Unlaminated or uncoated
>(raw) panels of pressed wood products will generally emit more formaldehyde.
>
> Avoiding wood panel products made with urea-formaldehyde glues.
>
> Avoiding the use of foamed-in-place insulation containing formaldehyde.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The chemical has long been pegged as toxic. It is classified as an
>animal carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency and as a “probable
>human carcinogen.” Both the government and various industries have sought to
>reduce people’s exposures to the substance.
> In 1982, the Consumer Product Safety Commission moved to ban
>urea-formaldehyde foam (UFFI), which was widely “spray-gunned” as insulation
>into walls and foundations until it proved to sicken many occupants. A court
>appeal, brought by the U.S. Formaldehyde Institute representing the
>industry, a year later overturned it, but the ban greatly discouraged
>further use of the product for residential insulation.
> Since then, however, CPSC and the Department of Housing have worked
>with the pressed-wood industries to reduce the degree to which the chemical
>“off gasses” from their product, according to John Bower, director of the
>Healthy House Institute of Bloomington, Ind.
> Formaldehyde’s side effects show up most frequently among people
>living in mobile homes, which are often built of cheaper particle board and
>wall panels and built tight to save energy-thereby trapping the gases.
>“However, a conventional house that is built with the same materials can
>also contain unhealthy amounts of formaldehyde,” Bower wrote in an article
>for the magazine Indiana Builder.
> He points to a 1985 HUD regulation on using pressed wood products in
>manufactured housing designed to ensure that indoor levels are below 0.4
>parts per million parts of air (ppm). “However, it would be unrealistic to
>expect to completely remove formaldehyde from the air,” he wrote. “Some
>persons who are extremely sensitive to formaldehyde may need to reduce or
>stop using these products.”
>
>SYMPTOMS VARY
> As the CPSC notes in its 1997 brochure, the chemical “affects people
>differently. Some people are very sensitive to formaldehyde while others may
>not have any noticeable reaction to the same level. Persons have developed
>allergic reactions (allergic skin disease and hives) to formaldehyde through
>skin contact with solutions of formaldehyde or durable-press clothing
>containing formaldehyde. Others have developed asthmatic reactions and skin
>rashes from exposure to formaldehyde.” And, the agency adds, it is just one
>of several gases present indoors that may cause illnesses with flu-like
>symptoms — watery eyes, itching ears, sore throat and respiratory problems.
> But despite its varied effects, some have proven quite serious. The
>chemical has been linked to menstrual disorders and pregnancy problems among
>women exposed to high levels of the gas in nail salons, according to the
>EPA. In other occupational settings it has been strongly linked to nose and
>throat cancers.
> Since 1979, there has been a score of legal and government actions
>related to chemical sensitivity. In 1993, Brenda Smith and several office
>workers brought a $3 million suit against Mead Paper Company because they
>claimed to develop formaldehyde sensitization from handling carbonless copy
>paper.
> Some of the highest levels of airborne formaldehyde have been
>detected in indoor air. A troublesome aspect of the chemical is its
>“immunotoxic” characteristics.
> “One of the most insidious problems with formaldehyde is its ability
>to sensitive people to other pollutants,” wrote Bower. “Once someone has
>been sensitized, they will begin to react to extremely small exposures,
>levels that were previously not a problem. They then may require a house
>built with no formaldehyde sources at all. This can be very expensive,
>because formaldehyde is used in so many products.”
> At greatest risk, according to Bower are “young children, the
>elderly, someone who is already ill, and pregnant women. This explains why
>construction workers aren’t often affected — they are usually healthy adult
>males.”
>
> Francesca Lyman is an environmental and travel journalist and editor
>of the recently released “Inside the Dzanga Sangha Rainforest.”
>
>http://www.msnbc.com/news/231529.asp
>
>
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>****************************************************
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>The information here is not to be construed as medical or
>legal advice. The decision whether to vaccinate is yours
>and yours alone.
>Investigate BEFORE you vaccinate.
>******************************************************
>
>
>
>
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