Formaldehyde Facts
Formaldehyde Facts is FCI's small space on the Web to talk about formaldehyde. We'll do our best to separate fact from fiction, and cut through all the clutter you get from the mainstream media when it comes to the industrial uses of the molecule, one of the most versatile industrial chemicals known to man.
Interesting News on FEMA Trailers in Iowa
January 30, 2009
From the Globe Gazette:
Iowans displaced by the floods of 2008 and currently living in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) temporary housing units have until Friday to request air quality testing.To date, Iowans living in 91 units have requested the air quality test. Two of those requests were later withdrawn. The tests were conducted by a
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On Industrial Emissions of Fomaldehyde
January 30, 2009
Over the entire length of the month of December, USA Today published a series of stories on airborne emissions from industrial facilities near American schools. In a story
published in December 30th's edition, there's a reference to a cement plant in California that emits formaldehyde, among other substances. More recently, we've seen yet another...
Formaldehyde Council Comments on EPA’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Compressed Wood Pro
January 29, 2009
FCI has issued the following press release ahead of today's EPA public meeting in Washington, D.C. today concerning compressed wood products and formaldehyde.
Formaldehyde Council Comments on EPA's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Compressed Wood Products and FormaldehydeIndustry Stresses Weight of Decades of Scientific Evidence of
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More Truth About Formaldehyde and Vaccines
January 28, 2009
In our daily sweep of clips concerning the formaldehyde molecule, one of the blogs we've come across is Autism News Beat. These days, it's impossible not to read about that tragic and heartbreaking disease without reading about how certain activist groups desperate to find a cure think they've discovered one in the battery of vaccines that...
FCI Issues Press Releases Accusing Good Morning America of False and Distorted Reporting
January 23, 2009
FCI issued the following press release this morning at 10:00 a.m. EST.
...Stories on Formaldehyde in Clothing and Kitchen Cabinets by Good Morning America are False, Distorted
Misinformation and Alarmist Journalism Causing Public FearWASHINGTON, D.C. – January 23, 2009 – A pair of recent and demonstrably false stories on formaldehyde have been
A Curious Coverage Choice at The Examiner
January 16, 2009
I'm sure our readers will recall the series of stories we looked into last week concerning charges leveled by the union that represents employees of the Transportation Security Administration that the new uniforms the employees were being asked to wear had caused allergic reactions triggered by formaldehyde resins used to treat the fabric.
One of...
Composite Panel Manufacturers Support Nationalization of CARB Rule
January 15, 2009
Details from Furniture Today....
More on Marisa Belger
January 09, 2009
Our friend Michael Shaw weighs in on Marisa Belger's article at TodayShow.com....
TodayShow.com Gets it Wrong on Formaldehyde and Furniture
January 08, 2009
On Monday over at TodayShow.com, contributor Marisa Belger unleashed a heck of a whopper with an article she titled, "Is your sofa toxic? Switch to eco-furniture." The most egregious passage follows:
Purchase furniture made without toxic chemicals. Your couch may look harmless, but unless you know exactly how it was manufactured, there's a good...
Update on TSA Uniforms and Formaldehyde
January 07, 2009
We continue to pick up stories on the dispute over the new uniform that Transportation Security Agency employees are now required to wear. To recap: 20 TSA employees have complained that the new uniform has caused symptoms ranging from simple rashes to nosebleeds and lightheadedness — symptoms that the union that represents the employees...