California's EPA
report on Particle Board (PB) dated April 26, 2007
confirms:
7,000 kids in the U.S.(23 to 63 per million
population*) under 9 years old are estimated to
get cancer due to Particle Board Formaldehyde
exposure in their home.
As many as 56,000 adults in the U.S. (86 to 231 per
million population*) will get cancer in their lifetime
due to Particle Board Formaldehyde exposure.
Carb Compliant Particle Board Phase 1 will only
reduce the cancer cases by 12 to 35 cases.
*Based on EPA specifically reporting up to
63 kids per million will get cancer (49 million kids under 9
in USA) and 231 adults per million will also get cancer due
to particle board (243 million adult population in USA).
From Oprah.com:
Some experts recommend keeping pressed-wood
furniture out of kids' rooms to lower their asthma
risk.
"If it smells," Rudel says, "don't buy it."
(Ruthann Rudel, senior
environmental toxicologist at the Silent Spring
Institute in Newton, Massachusetts)
Read more:http://www.oprah.com/health/are-toxins-in-your-furniture-making-you-sick#ixzz4XSrSPT9g
