New Report Shows Toxic Formaldehyde In Children’s Furniture

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A new environmental report, published by Environment California, claims cribs and changing tables may be exposing babies to unhealthy levels of formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is a chemical typically used in consumer products and building materials. About six out of the twenty-one nursery furnishings tested emitted formaldehyde at levels high enough to prompt allergy and asthma attacks in children. Continual exposure to formaldehyde at levels greater than sixteen parts per billion indoors can lead to the development of a cough and allergies. Exposure to levels at about fifty parts per billion can lead to the development of asthma. The report also stated that no one is monitoring the formaldehyde being emitted from childrens’ furnishings; the only standards for formaldehyde exposure come from federal housing regulators who watch its use in prefabricated homes.