Invisible Danger: Formaldehyde, a colorless pungent gas, can cause cancer, breathing problems and reproductive harms.
Greatest Threat: Most of us face the highest risks in our homes, where formaldehyde is released by some types of furniture, gas stoves and other everyday products.
Our Testing: We found concerning levels of formaldehyde in furniture stores, inside a nail salon, in cars and at a dinner party.
Definitely, but solid wood isn’t affordable since the early 00’s. By that metric, IKEA is the only low formaldehyde content affordable fournitures since they are mostly honeycomb cardboard and covered in latex paint.
Used furniture is real cheap, even good stuff. People want new everything.
Activated carbon can remove such noxious fumes from the air. There are air purifiers that can do both fumes and particulate matter