New law protects consumers from formaldehyde
July 10, 2010 at 3:56 am in Alexandria Echo Press
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced this week that President Obama signed into law the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Act, bipartisan legislation that she authored with Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID). Continue Reading
Interesting that the the law targets a specific sector for formalehyde use. Composite wood products.
If it’s so dang toxic, what is it still doing in our consumer paper goods like tp, paper towels, paper plates, cosmetics and bath products, wrinkle reducer finishes on textiles, as a preservative in vaccines, and also a form of it used to treat UTI’s?
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Rieka, I think it’s because the wood products outgass much more, and for longer periods of time than the rest of the products.
I worked for Schult Mobile Homes in the summer of ’75, and when they’d let those trailers sit in the sun for a while, the interior finishing crews were gasping for breath after a few minutes from the fumes. Of course, just about everything in one of those old trailers was made of one kind of composite or the other.
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Oh I know…but would you like to shampoo your hair(assuming you have yours
) with a product that has it listed in it’s ingredients? Or slather it on your skin?
Would you like to eat off paper plates with it in them?
The vaccine one really threw me…that is injected.
Perhaps, we need to figure out a better way to build. Our homes are full of this composite stuff, just cruise the local lumber flyer. I have to believe that they can find a different way to make it, or reduce the amount of it in our world, all around, and not just limit it to one sector.
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Well, at least they’re doing a little more about it.
There’s so many products that use or used toxic substances. Most of our decks, patios, and lawn furniture and swingsets were made of wood treated with arsenic up until just a few years ago.
Ever hear of “hydrogenated animal protein”? It’s in most shampoo and lots of other things. Can you say Central BiProducts? That’s right, that’s where it comes from.
Or, ever used lipstick? Coal tar.
Nasty stuff.
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I don’t do much cosmetics…it’s so much better for my skin to avoid them.
I am well aware of what goes INTO Central Bi, and what comes out, as well as where those trucks go. I still think I would take my chances with animal protein in my shampoo, instead of a chemical that preserves things.
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