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Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17th, 2004, Created: Tuesday, February 17th, 2004

Building Materials for the Environmentally Hypersensitive

One viewer asked about how to seal off counters made of MDF that has formaldehyde based glues in them because of a daughter with health problems. The official answer is to paint any uncoated surfaces with shellac, a very good sealer.

You can get lots of good information related to renovating for people with health sensitivities, including sources of supplies, by purchasing the book 'Building Materials for the Environmentally Hypersensitive" from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC.ca).

But before you get too worried about formaldehyde and all the current efforts to provide formaldehyde free products, you might want to follow this link and read the very strange real story about the urea-formaldehyde foam insulation scandal.

Keywords: Air Quality, Books, Ecology, Environmental, Formaldehyde, Health

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