Report of the Federal Panel on Formaldehyde

By United Nations

Book Id: WPLBN0000195318
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 2.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Report of the Federal Panel on Formaldehyde
Author:	United Nations
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Introduction: the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology (CIIT) (1). The vreliminarv results were reviewed by Fed- The first evidence that formaldehyde might rep- eral oiernmentic ientists, who concurred with resent a carcinogenic risk for man was obtained in the CIIT conclusions. As the experiment progressed October 1979 from an ongoing animal experiment and more data became available, the need for a full conducted by Battelle Columbus Laboratories for review of the potential health risks to humans from chronic exposure to formaldehyde became evident.