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8. It is absolutely infuriating that they are JUST NOW figuring this out. I've always had extreme reactions

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 08:35 AM

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to formaldehyde fumes, as have so many people I've known. I'm well over 70 years old. The first time I had a problem was in high school biology class. I got a horrible headache and my eyes became swollen. A few years later while away at college, some of us got a brand new mobile home rental, and I couldn't live there, it was so toxic with formaldehyde.

Wonder how the industry managed to avoid this new "risk evaluation" for over 50 years!?

Damn it!!

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