Formaldehyde in the industrial environment

Consideration has been given to the toxicity of formaldehyde in the industrial environment. The available literature has been reviewed critically against a background of technological awareness of the usefulness of the material and the factors which influence the assessment of absorption by the body fluids following exposure are examined. Data from experimental work carried out in a number of factory locations has been analysed in an attempt to establish the relationships between somatic absorption and levels of formaldehyde found in ambient air. [Continues.]