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  1. Formaldehyde (Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division)
    ... Air Quality" Also read "Care for Your Air" Formaldehyde Formaldehyde is an important chemical used widely by ... press drapes, other textiles, and glues. Proposed Rulemaking Formaldehyde Emissions from Pressed Wood Products EPA's Office ...
  2. Funeral workers risk cancer from formaldehyde Reuters Health Friday , November 20, 2009 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, ...
  3. Formaldehyde (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
    Safety and Health Topics Formaldehyde In Focus Hot Topics Formaldehyde is common to the chemical industry. The 11th Report on Carcinogens classifies it as "reasonably ...
  4. Dimethyl formaldehyde poisoning; Dimethyl ketone poisoning; Nail polish remover poisoning ... Acetone; Dimethyl formaldehyde; Dimethyl ketone
  5. Nail Care Products (Food and Drug Administration)
    ... the label, along with directions for safe use. Formaldehyde in Nail Hardeners Nail hardeners that contain formaldehyde may cause an irritation or allergic reaction to ...
  6. Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality (Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division)
    ... high levels of formaldehyde now. Health Effects of Formaldehyde Formaldehyde, a colorless, pungent-smelling gas, can cause ... may cause cancer in humans. Reducing Exposure to Formaldehyde in Homes Ask about the formaldehyde content of ...
  7. Ingredients of Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
    ... or egg products safely can receive these vaccines. Formaldehyde is used to inactivate bacterial products for toxoid ... 2003, pp. 1394-1397 ...quantities of mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, human serum albumin, antibiotics, and yeast proteins in ...
  8. Environment and Women's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
    ... your home. Fuel-burning appliances may also release formaldehyde (form-AL-duh-hyd) (see " What are the ... that can affect your health are listed below. Formaldehyde is a strong-smelling, colorless gas found in ...
  9. FEMA-Provided Travel Trailer Study (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
    ... friendly version Get E-mail Updates ATSDR's Formaldehyde Sampling at FEMA Temporary Housing Units Formaldehyde ToxFAQ™ National Asthma Control Program National Environmental Public ...
  10. Ozone Generators That Are Sold as Air Cleaners (Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division)
    ... monoxide (Salls, 1927; Shaughnessy et al., 1994) or formaldehyde (Esswein and Boeniger, 1994). Second, for many of ... causing chemicals. In an experiment designed to produce formaldehyde concentrations representative of an embalming studio, where formaldehyde ...
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