formaldehyde

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Composite wood products can be bound with formaldehyde.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

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

But a recent FAA-funded study found two chemicals that can: formaldehyde, a known carcinogen and neurotoxin, and tridecane, which can cause headaches and stupor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2025

He also raised safety and health concerns when Alameda Health System changed how Highland Hospital disposed of formaldehyde.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

The house became a clutter of trunks, of animals in jars of formaldehyde, of Indian lances and sailor’s bundles.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende