Formaldehyde is virtually ubiquitous in the modern environment due
to its cost-effective nature, its use in resin formation, and its
preservative properties. Though formaldehyde is necessary for many
products and processes important to the world's economy, this
economic dependence on formaldehyde comes at a cost to public
health. Growth and consequent industrialization rely heavily on
formaldehyde use. New buildings-residences, public places, and
offices-are not only built with timber preserved by formaldehyde,
but they are also furnished with wood, wool, and textile products
that contain formaldehyde. The general population faces
environmental exposure from indoor and outdoor air pollution, food,
and even medicine. Scientific inquiry into formaldehyde exposure
has grown in response. This book consolidates the new and
established body of formaldehyde research in the scholarly
community, focusing on exposure, genotoxicity, and adverse health
outcomes. Through this resource, we hope to increase awareness of
the broad range of health effects posed by formaldehyde exposure,
and to encourage interdisciplinary interest, as well as research,
into this pervasive compound-especially in the United States and
China, where formaldehyde production and usage is high. This book
will be useful to researchers of environmental and occupational
exposure, students, and government regulators and anyone exposed to
formaldehyde in the workplace and/or at home.
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