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Friends of the Earth claims that classroom dust containing microscopic plasticizers is a proxy for the release of phthalate outgasses aka, offgasses; vapors slow released from soft plastic that campaigners claim causes everything from coughs to cancer but there's no scientific evidence that outgasses are dangerous.
Jon Entine: Plastic Wars: Science Loses in Renewed Campaign Against Plasticizers Jon Entine 2011
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By the time the formaldehyde from all the glue offgasses in 3-5 years, the furniture is basically toast.
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Plastic laminate is a thin sheet of colored plastic glued to a backing which is most often composition wood board – a combination of wood bits and glue – which offgasses formaldehyde from the urea formaldehyde glue used to make it.
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Plastic laminate is a thin sheet of colored plastic glued to a backing which is most often composition wood board – a combination of wood bits and glue – which offgasses formaldehyde from the urea formaldehyde glue used to make it.
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