Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is a colorless, flammable gas at room temperature. It has a pungent, distinct odor and
may cause a burning sensation to the eyes, nose, and lungs at high concentrations. Formaldehyde is
also known as methanal, methylene oxide, oxymethylene, methylaldehyde, and oxomethane.
Formaldehyde can react with many other chemicals, and it will break down into methanol (wood
alcohol) and carbon monoxide at very high temperatures.
Formaldehyde is naturally produced in very small amounts in our bodies as a part of our normal,
everyday metabolism and causes us no harm. It can also be found in the air that we breathe at home
and at work, in the food we eat, and in some products that we put on our skin. A major source of
formaldehyde that we breathe every day is found in smog in the lower atmosphere. Automobile
exhaust from cars without catalytic converters or those using oxygenated ...
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