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formaldehyde

[fawr-mal-duh-hahyd, fer-] / fɔrˈmæl dəˌhaɪd, fər- /
NOUN
preservative
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Preserved in formaldehyde and paraffin wax, they come from patients treated at the UK's national bowel hospital, St Mark's, in northwest London.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Niosh’s limits for formaldehyde and tributyl phosphate are for a period of up to 10 hours over a 40-hour work week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2025

In addition to smoke and soot, the space agency detected large plumes of harmful gases emanating from the wildfires, including lung-irritating nitrogen dioxide and cancer-causing formaldehyde.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Some VOCs, such as dioxins, benzene, formaldehyde and PAHs, can be toxic to humans.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025

They were puffy, wrinkled, and white as dough, as if they’d been soaking in formaldehyde for a few centuries.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan