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| | Healthy Building Network: Formaldehyde and Wood |
 | | Formaldehyde is a chemical used widely by industry to manufacture building materials and numerous office and household products. |
 | | Other sources of formaldehyde in the home also can include smoking, clothes, upholstery and draperies (it is used for fabric treatments such as permanent press), glues, paints and other coatings, fiberglass insulation, other household products, and the use of un-vented, fuel-burning appliances, like gas stoves or kerosene space heaters. |
 | | Nonetheless, while better for the user with lower emissions, both of these resins, like formaldehyde, are derived from fossil fuels and hence still have toxic chemical problems associated with their manufacture. |
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