Formaldehyde has many common uses including in the production of furniture, flooring, cabinets, and other household goods through the use of formaldehyde-based resins for bonding. It is also used widely in automotive manufacturing and other industries. Additionally, formaldehyde is used to produce inks, prevent wrinkling in fabrics, and improve dye and pigment binding in textiles. While formaldehyde has legitimate industrial and economic uses, the document warns that some illegal drug users inhale embalming fluid containing formaldehyde, which can have serious health consequences.

1. Formaldehyde
Jerry Maxwell

2. The Discovery of Formaldehyde
Alexander Butlerov August Wilhelm Von Hofmann

4. Formaldehyde & Body Preservation

5. Common Uses of Formaldehyde
 Furniture, Flooring, Stairs, Cabinets and More Glues that use formaldehyde as a building block are
exceptional bonding agents. For example, formaldehyde-based resins are used to manufacture
composite products used extensively in cabinetry, countertops, moldings, furniture, shelving, stair
systems, flooring and many other household furnishings. These items are extremely economical due to
the superior bonding properties and efficient production of formaldehyde-based glues.
 Cars and Trucks From the front to the rear bumpers, formaldehyde-based materials are key to the
manufacture of automobiles and are used to make components for the transmission, electrical system,
engine block, door panels, axles and brake shoes, just to name a few. It's even used in the paint.
 Inks Formaldehyde-based materials are used to produce the dollar bills we spend every day, the
documents we print from our computers and the ink used in books, magazines and newspapers.
 Wrinkle-Free Clothing In textiles, formaldehyde-based materials help bind dyes and pigments to fabrics
and prevent the colors from running. These materials also help improve a fabric's resistance to wrinkles
and ease clothing care and maintenance.
 Industry Uses Formaldehyde is an important building block chemical that is vital to our economy. The
wood products industry uses formaldehyde-based resins in a wide range of panel and board products,
enabling efficient and economic use of wood resources. It is also important to agricultural and
recreational products.

6. Little Known Uses of
Formaldehyde
 Illegal drug users dip into embalming fluid

7. Serious Warnings!

8. Works Cited
 http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/formaldehyde/index.html#standa
rds
 http://io9.com/5887407/the-street-drug--love-boat-comes-
in-many-chemical-forms
 http://www.buzzle.com/articles/formaldehyde-uses.html
 http://www.formacare.org/index.php?page=history
 http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/August_Wilhelm_von_H
ofmann.aspx
 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2131885/14-8m-
settlement-thousands-harmed-formaldehyde-trailers-lived-
Hurricane-Katrina-left-homeless.html