#formaldehyde — Public Fediverse posts
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One of the most challenging atmospheric pollutants to measure is #formaldehyde.
A team in Graz has developed a very promising UV spectrometer that can measure this pollutant with high accuracy.
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One of the most challenging atmospheric pollutants to measure is #formaldehyde.
A team in Graz has developed a very promising UV spectrometer that can measure this pollutant with high accuracy.
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CW: Boring allergy stuff
Over a year ago I discovered that I'm #allergic to #formaldehyde. It is in pretty much _everything_ and is so hard to avoid: it goes under many names and is often released over time by #preservatives.
However, I only recently learned that is why I am sensitive to fragrances, too. Even if you check the label this #allergen is rarely listed, instead hidden under the "#fragrance" label. Other times formaldehyde isn't even an ingredient but it's created when you spray a product.
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CW: Boring allergy stuff
Over a year ago I discovered that I'm #allergic to #formaldehyde. It is in pretty much _everything_ and is so hard to avoid: it goes under many names and is often released over time by #preservatives.
However, I only recently learned that is why I am sensitive to fragrances, too. Even if you check the label this #allergen is rarely listed, instead hidden under the "#fragrance" label. Other times formaldehyde isn't even an ingredient but it's created when you spray a product.
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6 Things to Know About Sheep’s #WoolInsulation
When it’s time to update your home’s insulation, consider what sheep’s wool has to offer.
By Alexa Erickson, Mar 24, 2021
"Sheep’s wool insulation uses a natural fiber base.
Among the most popular insulation materials today are #fiberglass and #rockwool (also known as mineral wool). Both consist of man-made fibers spun from, as their names suggest, molten glass or minerals such as basalt or diabase. While these insulation types are considered safe by institutes such as the U.S. National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, they do contain synthetic, hairlike fibers that can break off and become airborne during installation. They also contain #formaldehyde, which is known to release volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) into the air. Both airborne fibers and formaldehyde can irritate the skin and lungs, and long-term exposure to formaldehyde may cause some types of cancer. Even spray foam insulation can be especially dangerous due to the high level of VOCs that off-gas into the air during installation and before it cures completely.
Sheep’s wool insulation starts as sheared wool that grows naturally on sheep—often wool that is deemed too coarse to make into clothing or other fabric. It is important to note, however, that it is common manufacturing practice to treat sheep’s wool insulation with additives such as boric acid to repel insects and further reduce flammability. Ammonium sulfates may also be added as a fire retardant. So while the base material is inherently natural, the sheep’s wool insulation end product is also not completely free of toxins. Both additives are considered poisonous if ingested and can cause irritation to the skin, eyes, nose, and throat. Moreover, boric acid is classified as a reproductive toxin by the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation in Europe. [Boric acid does not pollute like #PFAS though]
When installing any type of insulation in your home, always use caution and wear the protective gear recommended by the insulation manufacturer."
Learn more:
https://www.bobvila.com/articles/sheeps-wool-insulation/#SolarPunkSunday #Insulation #AnimalProducts #Wool #SprayFoamAlternatives #FiberglassAlternatives #SyntheticAlternatives
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6 Things to Know About Sheep’s #WoolInsulation
When it’s time to update your home’s insulation, consider what sheep’s wool has to offer.
By Alexa Erickson, Mar 24, 2021
"Sheep’s wool insulation uses a natural fiber base.
Among the most popular insulation materials today are #fiberglass and #rockwool (also known as mineral wool). Both consist of man-made fibers spun from, as their names suggest, molten glass or minerals such as basalt or diabase. While these insulation types are considered safe by institutes such as the U.S. National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, they do contain synthetic, hairlike fibers that can break off and become airborne during installation. They also contain #formaldehyde, which is known to release volatile organic compounds (#VOCs) into the air. Both airborne fibers and formaldehyde can irritate the skin and lungs, and long-term exposure to formaldehyde may cause some types of cancer. Even spray foam insulation can be especially dangerous due to the high level of VOCs that off-gas into the air during installation and before it cures completely.
Sheep’s wool insulation starts as sheared wool that grows naturally on sheep—often wool that is deemed too coarse to make into clothing or other fabric. It is important to note, however, that it is common manufacturing practice to treat sheep’s wool insulation with additives such as boric acid to repel insects and further reduce flammability. Ammonium sulfates may also be added as a fire retardant. So while the base material is inherently natural, the sheep’s wool insulation end product is also not completely free of toxins. Both additives are considered poisonous if ingested and can cause irritation to the skin, eyes, nose, and throat. Moreover, boric acid is classified as a reproductive toxin by the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation in Europe. [Boric acid does not pollute like #PFAS though]
When installing any type of insulation in your home, always use caution and wear the protective gear recommended by the insulation manufacturer."
Learn more:
https://www.bobvila.com/articles/sheeps-wool-insulation/#SolarPunkSunday #Insulation #AnimalProducts #Wool #SprayFoamAlternatives #FiberglassAlternatives #SyntheticAlternatives
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Symptom: Mast Cell Itching
https://www.illmarks.com/symptom-mast-cell-itching/
#allergicreactions #Allergies #allergy #art #bodyHorror #bodyMapping #buildingSafety #chonicillness #chronicIllness #claws #eds #ehlersdanlossyndrome #environmentalIllness #environmentalillness #fingers #formaldehyde #heds #hypermobile #hypermobility #hypermobilityspectrumdisorder #immunology #itched #itching #longCovid #longcovid #mastCell #mastCellActivationSyndrome #mastcell #mastcellactivationsyndrome #mastcelldisease #mastocytosis #mcas #medicalArt #MillionsMissing #nails #POTS #prop65 #publicHealth #publicHealth #pwLC #pwme #scratched #scratching #scratchy #severeallergy #vocs
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CW: Help with environmental chemicals
Adding hashtags for above post asking help with rough VOC &/or formaldehyde metering for reach:
#environmentalHealth #airpurifiers #carbonFilter #carbonFilters #AirQuality #FreshAir #AirHealth #AirSafety #Environmental #Prop65 #tVOC #EPA #DEQ #lungs #Air #LungHealth #AirSafety #HEPA #mastCellDisease #MastCell #Formaldehyde #VOC #MCAS
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CW: Help with environmental chemicals
Does anyone have recommendations on an affordable “good enough” test tools for volatile organic compound (VOC) &/or #Formaldehyde
I’ve read about the affordable #VOC device shortcomings, but the local mold environmental specialist said doing professional VOC testing would be prohibitively expensive.
I don’t need it to be exactly accurate data as much as a warmer/colder: Did making [x] change help? Which areas are more or less safe? Thank you
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TEMPO Air Quality Monitoring: Three Example Cases
#Dust #Emissions #Formaldehyde #NitrogenDioxide #Pollution #TroposphericOzone #Wildfires #aerosols
⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=6&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250704125931
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TEMPO Air Quality Monitoring: Three Example Cases
#Dust #Emissions #Formaldehyde #NitrogenDioxide #Pollution #TroposphericOzone #Wildfires #aerosols
⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=6&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250704125931
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXPesSleRA&pp=0gcJCYQJAYcqIYzv
'Musk Is Scamming the City of #Memphis': Meet Two Brothers Fighting #Colossus, Musk's #xAI #Data Center
#KeShaunPearson, executive director of #MemphisCommunityAgainstPollution
State Rep. #JustinJPearson, District 86
#AdolphMusk #EnvironmentalRacism #TN #Tennessee #NitrogenDioxide #Tech #BillionairesSUCK #Electrolux #EnvironmentalJusticeNOW #Formaldehyde #PaulYoung 🤮 #LeeHarris 🤮
PressConference today at 4.30 pm Tennessee time
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What has been extraordinary, #health & #legal experts said, is the extent of the #industry’s effort to block the EPA’s scientific work on a #chemical long acknowledged as a #carcinogen, & how the architect of the effort was back at the agency as a regulator of #chemicals. At the same time, the #Trump admin has moved to sharply reduce the federal scientific work force.
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The council’s president, Chris Jahn, told a #Senate hearing shortly after the #Trump inauguration that his group intended to tackle the “unnecessary #regulation” of #chemicals in the #US. “A healthy nation, a secure nation, an economically vibrant nation relies on chemistry,” he said.
It is not unusual or unlawful for industry groups to seek to #influence public #policy in the interest of their member companies.
#Trump #PublicHealth #health #formaldehyde #cancer #law #USpol
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In recent weeks it has urged the #EPA to discard its work on #formaldehyde entirely & start from scratch…
The American Chemistry Council is also seeking to change the agency’s approval process for new #chemicals & speed up EPA’s #safety reviews. That review process is a key part of Dr. Dekelva’s purview at the agency.
Another fmr chemistry council lobbyist, Nancy Beck, is back alongside Dekleva at the EPA in a role regulating existing chemicals.
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Dekleva is now at the #EPA in a crucial job: She…has the authority to approve new #chemicals…. Earlier she spent 32yrs at Dupont, the chemical maker, before joining…the first #Trump admin.
Her most recent employer, the chemicals #lobbying group, has made reversing the EPA’s course on #formaldehyde a priority & is pushing to abolish a program under which the agency assess the #risks of chemicals to human #health.
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#Formaldehyde, the #chemical of choice for undertakers & embalmers, is also used in products like furniture & clothes. But it can also cause #cancer & severe #respiratory problems. So, in 2021, the #EPA began a new effort to #regulate it.
The #chemicals industry fought back w/an intensity that astonished even seasoned ofcls. Its campaign was led by Lynn Dekleva, then a lobbyist at the American Chemistry Council, an #industry group that spends millions on govt #lobbying.
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She Lobbied for a #Carcinogen. Now She’s at Trump’s #EPA, Approving New #Chemicals.
Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the #Environmental Protection Agency, once led an aggressive effort by #industry to block #regulations on #formaldehyde.
#PublicHealth #health #cancer #law #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/climate/epa-lynn-dekleva-formaldehyde.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=FA86FA31-E678-482A-A936-9B32A2E31336 -
Drumpf will make sure we stay #healthy despite all the #cancer-#causing #chemicals floating around in the world, right? Hell no. How much do his people know about #formaldehyde? A lot, & they’ve avoided telling anyone. https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-epa-report-public-health
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Straighten at your own risk: “Included in products to help straighten hair or smooth curls, formaldehyde can pose a disproportionate risk to Black women and other women of color…both the salon professionals and their clients are at risk” @JuliaElenaMusto
#formaldehyde
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"Ashley Furniture spokespeople said the company follows all laws and regulations for furniture manufacturing."
This is a reminder that the "laws and regulations" just define the worst you can do without criminal or civil penalties.
The laws and regulations do not mean that it is safe. Just that the company cannot be held accountable for their actions if they follow "all laws and regulations"
#toxics hide behind regulations strongly influenced by industry
#formaldehyde #HazardousExposures #ChemicalPollution in your home (or car/suv/truck/van)
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How to Reduce #Formaldehyde Exposure in Your #Home
—Formaldehyde creates an inescapable #cancer risk for everyone in America. It’s in our homes, coming from our couches, our clothes and our babies’ cribs — sometimes at levels that can trigger breathing problems. Here’s how to reduce your exposure.
#News #Health #EPA #Regulation #Car #Furniture #Family #Parents