Article: formaldehyde

Article: Formaldehyde market continued slump down. (Market Report).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
China Chemical Reporter;  January 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Recently domestic market quotation on formaldehyde is slipping down continuously. At present...Fluctuation interval for price of formaldehyde is blocked by extensively dropped price...primary raw material for producing formaldehyde directly effects the trend of formaldehyde...

Article: Formaldehyde
Encyclopedia of Public Health;      352 words ...FORMALDEHYDE Formaldehyde is a simple, highly reactive hydrocarbon that is used as a fixative...furniture. It is also a major toxic component of photochemical smog. Formaldehyde is a strong allergen and irritant to which humans have a very low...

Article: AkzoNobel develops coatings technology for eliminating formaldehyde.(Healthy, Safety & Environment)
China Chemical Reporter;  December 16, 2008 ;     274 words ......hazardous substances emission including formaldehyde that are allowed for interior refurbishing...substantially. Long-term exposure to formaldehyde in the air can surely cause problems...Nevertheless human cannot entirely get rid of formaldehyde. For coatings and some paints, formaldehyde...

Article: Latest European developments in formaldehyde-free high performance binders.
Nonwovens Industry;  December 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......Topics of current interest include formaldehyde, emissions of other volatile organic...most important of these substances is formaldehyde. Disposal of nonwovens is also expected...is another focus of work. Sources Of Formaldehyde In Latex Binders There are several...

Article: Effect of formaldehyde on asthmatic response to inhaled allergen challenge.(Research)(Clinical report)
Environmental Health Perspectives;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...BACKGROUND: Exposure to formaldehyde may lead to exacerbation of asthma...level (500 [micro]g/[m.sup.3]) of formaldehyde enhances inhaled allergen responses...double-blind crossover study to either formaldehyde or purified air for 60 min. The...

Article: Q & a: formaldehyde.(the healthy home)
New Life Journal;  November 1, 2005 ;     394 words ......I've heard that plywood has lots of formaldehyde in it, and that's not good to breathe...that local hardware stores now offer formaldehyde-free plywood. I checked, and the hardware...that their plywood has a safe kind of formaldehyde in it. Is this true? What are the different...

Article: Neurobehavioral impairment and seizures from formaldehyde.
Archives of Environmental Health;  January 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...FORMALDEHYDE is the simplest aldehyde and is present in nature...widely in industry as a cross-linking agent in phenol-formaldehyde polymers varying from bakelite to the soft resin that...particle board, and in occupants of mobile homes.[2,3] Formaldehyde probably has an important role in adverse effects...

Article: Formaldehyde -- Facts Versus Rhetoric.
Business Wire;  April 4, 2008 ;     590 words ......that recent media reports concerning formaldehyde vapor in emergency housing provided...fairly and properly assess the use of formaldehyde-emitting materials, which are present...construction in the United States. Formaldehyde is a colorless gas composed of carbon...

Article: Formaldehyde under fire.(Editor's Page)
Wood & Wood Products;  August 1, 2004 ;     559 words ......has renewed the public debate about formaldehyde's health effects. The timing could...on Cancer recently recommended that formaldehyde's status be elevated from a probable...assertion that prolonged exposure to formaldehyde can cause nasopharyngeal cancer, a...

Article: Formaldehyde and the Chicken Little phenomenon.
Medical Laboratory Observer;  March 1, 1984 ;     700+ words ......of the nasal turbmates if we breathe formaldehyde vapors. There are many analogies between...last-mentioned scare, the carcinogenicity of formaldehyde, let us summarize the pertinent facts. 1. Formaldehyde exposure is difficult to avoid. Seven...

Article: Formaldehyde: in spotlight's glare.(EDITOR'S PAGE)
Wood & Wood Products;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Research on Cancels decision to elevate formaldehyde's status from a probable to a known...several epidemiological studies of formaldehyde's health effects. The most important...Institute of 22,000 workers exposed to formaldehyde at 10 plants, compared to 3,000 chemical...

Article: Furniture guilty until proven innocent in California. (a view of Californian legislation which means that health warnings have to be placed next to furniture containing formaldehyde) (editorial)
Wood & Wood Products;  April 1, 1991 ;     516 words ......The chief suspect in this case is formaldehyde, which is the principal chemical for...plywood, and other man-made substrates. Formaldehyde is one of more than 90 chemicals and...scientific inquiries have been made into formaldehyde's health effects. Some have found circumstantial...

Article: OSHA issues final rule on employee exposure to formaldehyde; new ruling may affect some nonwovens manufacturers; INDA recommendation adopted in finalized version of rule. (Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry)
Nonwovens Industry;  July 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ......its rule on occupational exposure to formaldehyde. In adopting the final rule, OSHA incorporated...from solid versus non-solid forms of formaldehyde. The proposed version of this final...directly associated with the use of formaldehyde. However, the rule is also significant...

Article: Formaldehyde capacity is surplus.(MARKET REPORT: Organics)
China Chemical Reporter;  September 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......in the world There were around 600 formaldehyde producers in the world in 2004 with...million t/a. Borden is the largest formaldehyde producer in the world. BASF, Hoechest...closely behind. The total output of formaldehyde in the world was around 26.7 million...