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12/24/09: FCI Comments on EPA Decision to Engage National Academy of Sciences on IRIS Assessment

12/08/09: FCI Comments on the IARC and NTP Decisions on Formaldehyde

11/23/09: FCI Comments on CPSC Study Concerning Chinese Drywall

11/20/09: FCI Comments on NCI Study on Funeral Workers and Formaldehyde

9/11/2009: FCI Statement on Proposed Legislation on Formaldehyde and Composite Wood Products

08/11/2009: Larry Newton, CIH, CSP Critique of Linda Kincaid’s Work

7/23/2009: FCI Statement on DHS Report “FEMA Response to Formaldehyde in Trailers”

7/08/2009: FCI Letter to Linda Kincaid at Examiner.com

5/19/2009: FCI Statement on the Safety of Children’s Personal Care Products

5/12/2009: FCI Statement on NCI’s Report Findings

4/20/2009: FCI-Funded Papers Receive Top SOT Awards

3/12/2009: FCI Statement on the “No More Toxic Tub” Report

4/30/2009: An Open Letter to Journalists on Behalf of the Formaldehyde Industry

3/4/2009: FCI Statement on the Gulf Coast ANPR Meeting

2/17/2009: FCI Letter to the Healthy Building Network

1/29/2009: FCI Statement concerning ANPR Meetings

7/23/2007: FCI Statement concerning the FEMA hearing

6/11/2007: FCI Statement on Massachusetts’ Proposed Ten Chemical Ban Legislation

4/26/2007: CARB Ignores Internationally Accepted Science on Formaldehyde Exposure

4/26/2007: Gary M. Marsh, Ph.D. Statement to CARB

4/26/2007: Betsy Natz Statement to CARB

4/26/2007: F. Jay Murray, Ph.D. Statement to CARB

5/17/2006: FCI Statement on CNN “Toxic Trailers” Report

5/9/2006: FCI Statement on the IARC’s Formaldehyde Classification

5/9/2006: FCI Statement on Columbia Forest Products’ Ads Promoting Purebond Plywood

5/9/2006: FCI Statement on Why the CIIT Model is Best

5/9/2006: FCI Statement on Hauptmann Findings Concerning Formaldehyde and Cancer

11/30/2005: FCI Statement on Exclusion from EcoLogo of Insulation Made with Formaldehyde

11/30/2005: FCI Statement on Columbia Forest Products’ Decision to Eliminate Formaldehyde From Stand

11/27/2005: FCI Statement on U.S. EPA Formaldehyde Review

10/25/2005: FCI Statement on the Safe Use of Formaldehyde in Wood Products

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Irritation Studies

Formaldehyde can be irritating to the eyes, nose and throat, but for most people, irritation is temporary and reversible...

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Cancer Studies

Concern about whether formaldehyde might cause cancer in humans arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when it was discovered that high levels of formaldehyde (6-15 parts per million) caused nasal cancer in laboratory rats...

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Asthma Studies

Formaldehyde exposure has not been demonstrated to cause bronchial asthma. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry states that investigations into this possibility have provided very limited evidence of an association.

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Reproduction/Childrens' Development Studies

Formaldehyde is not considered to have reproductive or developmental effects on humans. A comprehensive review of the scientific literature concluded...

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