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On Wednesday 29th February the European Chemicals Agency published the Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP), a list of chemical substances to be evaluated over a period of three years in order to determine whether policy measures are needed to adequately manage consumer and worker exposure.

Formaldehyde was included in the Community Rolling Action Plan for substance evaluation in 2013; France and the Netherlands will lead the evaluation of formaldehyde as rapporteur and co-rapporteur

Glutaraldehyde isfound in the hospital environment at higher concentrations than those to which the general population is exposed.

It`s possible adverse health effects are therefore very important to those working in certain parts of hospitals and to patients whose health status may be compromised. The compound is an irritant and can cause sensitisation

Glutaraldehyde is a colourless liquid with a pungent odour mostly used to sterilize medical and dental equipment or as a

Formaldehyde is found in the hospital environment at higher concentrations than those to which the general population is exposed.

It`s possible adverse health effects are therefore very important to those working in certain parts of hospitals and to patients whose health status may be compromised. The compound is an irritant and can cause sensitisation

Formaldehyde is a colourless gas with a characteristic pungent odour. It`s wi

The US government has recently added formaldehyde to a list of known carcinogens. The report prepared for the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), contained warnings from scientists that people with higher exposure to formaldehyde were more at risk for nasopharyngeal cancer, myeloid leukemia and other cancers.  

However it has emerged the he study`s release was delayed for four years. The years-long delay in the release of the report was