Automobile exhaust from cars without catalytic converters or those using oxygenated gasoline also contain formaldehyde. At home, formaldehyde is produced by cigarettes and other tobacco products, gas cookers, and open fireplaces. It is also used as a preservative in some foods, such as some types of Italian cheeses, dried foods, and fish. Formaldehyde is found in many products used every day around the house, such as antiseptics, medicines, cosmetics, dish-washing liquids, fabric softeners, shoe-care agents, carpet cleaners, glues and adhesives, lacquers, paper, plastics, and some types of wood products. Some people are exposed to higher levels of formaldehyde if they live in a new mobile home, as formaldehyde is given off as a gas from the manufactured wood products used in these homes. Formaldehyde is used in many industries. It is used in the production of fertilizer, paper, plywood, and urea-formaldehyde resins
a risk to the health or safety of workers due to work with biological agents, to take appropriate measures to ensure that: (a) workers do not eat or drink in working areas where there is a risk of contamination by biological agents; (b) workers are provided with appropriate protective clothing or other appropriate special clothing; (c) workers are provided with appropriate and adequate washing and toilet facilities, which may include eye washes and/or skin antiseptics; (d) any necessary protective equipment is: - properly stored in a well-defined place, - checked and cleaned if possible before, and in any case after, each use, - is repaired, where defective, or is replaced before further use; (e) procedures are specified for taking, handling and processing samples of human or animal origin. 2. Working clothes and protective equipment, including protective clothing referred to in paragraph 1, which may be contaminated by biological
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