Healthy Indoors Magazine
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36 | January 2019 Other names for formaldehyde Methylene glycol Formalin Methylene oxide Paraform Formic aldehyde Methanal Oxomethane Oxymethylene Timonacic acid Thiazolidinecarboxylic acid Chemicals that can release formaldehyde when the product is used Benzylhemiformal 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol 5-bromo-5-nitro-1,3-dioxane Diazolidinyl urea 1,3-dimethylol-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (or DMDM hydantoin) Imidazolidinyl urea Sodium hydroxymethylglycinate Quaternium-15 Amount of formaldehyde in the product. Amount of product present. This is one of the reasons wood products like plywood or OSB are a concern, there is a large amount of them in the building. Distance from you. Something you are wearing or is within your breathing zone, i.e., near your face, have a smaller distance to travel to affect you. Environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity. Higher temperature and humidity will cause high- er emissions. As always, thinking ahead to possible effects is key to using any product effectively and with minimal impact on you and your indoor air. Keep the exhaust fan on while tak- ing a shower and applying personal care items. Keep clean- ing products confined in a tight container when not in use. Get rid of old paints and adhesives or store them in an area not connected to your home or garage. Use extra ventila- tion when applying any building products, especially glues or adhesives and paints. Dr. Alice Delia is the Laboratory Director at Prism Ana- lytical Technologies. In addition to her responsibilities for maintaining and expanding Prism's high-quality services, Dr. Delia is leading the development of several initiatives to expand overall un- derstanding of var- ious aspects of in- door air quality from consumer to air quality profession- als. She spearhead- ed the development of a test for VOC in- dicators in tobacco smoke in 2012 and the first commercial test for chemical fire and smoke indica- tors in 2014. She has also attended many conferences and has de- livered over 20 presentations in the last 7 years, including several webinars. In addition, Dr. Delia has produced arti- cles for various trade publications as well as white papers, application notes, and other industry-relevant works. In 2017, Dr. Delia became a member of the IAQA Board of Directors and she chairs the IAQA annual meeting convention committee.