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Formaldehyde: the Hidden Chemical in Our Daily Life |
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by Catherine Shim | 21-04-2020 19:42
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What is Formaldehyde? Formaldehyde, or CH2O, is commonly found in new buildings or homes through the acrid smell that pervade the room. It is a common ingredient in making hard pressed wood like particleboard, plywood, or fiberboard, adhesives and permanent press. Not only is formaldehyde commonly used in household products and building materials, but it is also found in the environment from sea water, animal waste, or smokes from forest fires. Formaldehyde can easily be emitted through fuel burners and burning wood in open fireplaces. What are its potential impacts to the environment? Thankfully, formaldehyde is also naturally produced in living organisms and does not bioaccumulate in their bodies. However, when exposed to the environment, formaldehyde rapidly decomposes to formic acid and carbon monoxide. These two chemicals pose dangers to the environment in different ways. Formic acid can danger aquatic organisms while being corrosive when exposed to humans. On the other hand, carbon monoxide leads to increases in greenhouse gases, further worsening global warming by raising the temperature of the atmosphere. High levels of carbon monoxide can pose potential health threats to animals as well as creating fertility issues. What are some current actions at progress to prevent the dangers imposed by formaldehyde?
As formaldehyde is a commonly used chemical that we are easily exposed to, regulations have been made to prevent excessive levels of formaldehyde used in the production of materials. Countries are taking the matter at their own hands by restricting amounts of formaldehyde allowed in products to protect both humans and the environment. Works Cited: “Formaldehyde.” American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/formaldehyde.html. “Carbon Monoxide.” National Pollutant Inventory, http://www.npi.gov.au/resource/carbon-monoxide “Formaldehyde.”National Pollutant Inventory, www.npi.gov.au/resource/formaldehyde. ICSC 0485 - FORMIC ACID, www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0485.htm “Formaldehyde”. R.G. Liteplo, R. Beauchamp, M.E. Meek, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada, and R. Chénier, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada, United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization, Geneva 2002, Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals. |
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18 Comments
Hello Catherine!!
Hope you are doing great
Really thank ful for such an worthy report
Hope to learn more from you
Green cheers,
Best regards
Biddhya
Posted 04-05-2020 15:41
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful informative report.
Posted 02-05-2020 20:16
Hey Catherine, The many aspect of formaldehyde has been presented in this article. Glad to know about its application in many areas.
Thank you. Keep On sharing.
Posted 02-05-2020 13:24
Hi Catherine!
This report is quite interesting.This report aware us about the negative effects of formaldehyde in the environment.
Thank u so much for this educative report!!
Green cheers!
Regards,
Manisha
Posted 01-05-2020 16:01
Hello Catherine,
Thank you for sharing information about formaldehyde.
Keep on posting.
Regards
Asmita
Posted 28-04-2020 20:38
Hello Catherine
Thank you so much for sharing informative report
Keep writing and shining
Regards,
Prabha
Posted 28-04-2020 20:03
Hi Catherine! Thanks for summing up that information for us, looking forward to more of your work. Stay safe!
Posted 28-04-2020 16:28
Hi Catherine! Thanks for summing up that information for us, looking forward to more of your work. Stay safe!
Posted 28-04-2020 02:43
Hi, Catherine Shim! This is a mentor, Sang Su Lee.
When you write your article about the monthly thematic report for the next time, please write [Thematic Report] in front of your article title. This would help me a lot. Thank you!
Formaldehyde is one of the most commonly used or naturally produced chemicals in the world. However, I did not know that formaldehyde itself does not possess harmful properties, but it has them through decomposition. Thank you for your detailed research.
Green Cheers!
Posted 28-04-2020 01:30
Hello,
Its me Dibya Bhatta from Nepal,Currently living in South Korea for my research Internship.
It was really nice reading your report!
keep writing and shining!! :)
If you have any queries related to this internship, You can find me on twitter as :
https://twitter.com/Divine_Tweets
stay safe from coronavirus!
keep working for mother earth to hand it to future generations!
Green cheers!
Posted 27-04-2020 10:12
Hello Catherine,
thanks for your report about formaldehyde.
I am familiar with this chemical in lab. we should handle with precautions
cheers
Posted 26-04-2020 22:15
Hello Catherine!!
I hope you are fine and doing great.
I really like yours report.
Keep writing and shining.
Hope to know more from you.
Warm regards,
Meena
GREEN CHEERS
Posted 23-04-2020 13:34
Hello
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Regards
Susmita
Posted 23-04-2020 00:51
Thank you so much for sharing such an informative report.
Posted 22-04-2020 18:27
Hello Catherine !
I hope you are having great days!
Thanks more sharing about formaldehyde and it's uses .
Green cheers!
Regards,
Sonika!
Posted 22-04-2020 12:19
Hello Catherine,
Thank you so much for such an informative report.
Keep writing
Regards
Sudha
Posted 22-04-2020 10:37
Hello Catherine Shim, this is mentor Taehyun!
Thank you for the report about Formaldehyde! Most of the formaldehyde is from the new product like house or car or etc. And as you've said, Formaldehyde can affect our body in a bad way, but I didn't know that Formaldehyde can be naturally destructed, so glad to hear that! So, there is a solution for the formaldehyde! We just expose new products to the environment before we use it! Really simple solution :)
Thank you for the report!
Green cheers!
Posted 22-04-2020 00:18
Hello Catherine
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about Formaldehyde: the Hidden Chemical in Our Daily Life
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 21-04-2020 21:38