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DAVID CUTLER editor-publisher EDITORIAI

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f|Ng OF the unexpected offshoots of the Venergy revolution has been an increase in indoor air pollution; a result of tightening up our homes (the thermal envelope) to conserve heat and energy.

Common substances uue no longer getting a chance to escape. Nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide, from gas stoves and cigarettes, may cause headaches,burning eyes or exJtaustion.

More serious appears to be the effects resulting from formaldehyde which is widely used in the manufaclrre of particleboard, plywood, fiberboard, fmm-in-place insulation as well as many paints and varnishes. Molding compounds of famaldehyde resins appear in dinnerware, cookware and other housewares products. While its best known use is in embalming, it also is used to make hand lotion, shampoo, disinfectant and even toothpaste, among other products.

A recent Wisconsin health study related the case of a family that experienced unexplained eye and respiratory irritation problems after moving into their new home. It turned out that formaldehyde was present in the kitchen cupboards; replacing the cupboards solved the problem. But because of its widespread use in buildine oroducts. removins the offending items is not-afways piactical, dspecially in inobile homes, where formaldehyde can be present in walls, and flooring as well as other components.

Formaldehyde has been in wide general use for 90 years. It also occurs naturally, being generated by cooking and by the burning of wood, coal and other friels. It has no praciical substitute and there is no evidence that it is a cancer causing agent in hurnans, though an animal snrdy did report a rare form of nasal cancer in 37 out of 200 experimental rats. The study is expected to be completed this year.

The Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers Association and the National Particleboard Association, both members of the Formaldehyde Institute, are developing new methods for measuring formaldehyde emissions from wood products and are studying how changes in the home environment can effect these emissions.

The institute, comprised of more than 60 companies, large and small, suggests in their Q&A booklet on the substance that people who think they are feeling its effect should call on the suppliers of home building products to discuss a remedy. They say "suppliers should be able to pinpoint the source of the problem and suggest a solution."

If you feel it is even remotely possible that you might be asked such questions, we urge vou to contact The Formaldehyde Institute immediately and get the informati<in you'll need to do some homework on the subject. Their address is 1075 Central Park Avenue, Scarsdale, N.Y. 10583. Why wait?

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