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From: mag@whuxle.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Formaldehyde in mobile homes?
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Date: Thu, 12-Jan-84 18:06:52 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 12 18:06:52 1984
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A consumer television show I just saw talked about the use of urea-
formaldehyde insulation during the 70s.  The levels of formaldehyde
can reach several times the safe level in poorly ventilated (that is,
well-insulated) homes.  However, the formaldehyde eventually leaches out
of the insulation, and the levels produce decrease by about 50%
each year (that is, a 1 year half-life).  The show implied that after
about 7 or 8 years, the insulation was pretty well "dried out" and
no hazard existed.

						Mike Gray, BTL, WH.