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What's All the Fuss About Formaldehyde?

Publication: Qualified Remodeler
Publication Date: 01-JAN-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: What's All the Fuss About Formaldehyde?(Column)

Article Excerpt
What's All the Fuss About Formaldehyde?

By John D. Wagner

Let me guess: Like me, you didn't ace that chemistry 101 final in high school or college. Yet you may be fielding this increasingly common question: "What's all the fuss about formaldehyde?"

Most of us think of formaldehyde as an embalming fluid or preservative. But formaldehyde -- a "VOC," or volatile organic compound -- is a widely used chemical in glues and adhesives and is a preservative used in paints and finishes. Formaldehyde reacts with phenol, urea or melamine to produce phenol-formaldehyde resins (PF), urea-formaldehyde resin (UF) and melamine resin. Unfortunately, if it off-gasses, formaldehyde...

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