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  2. Formaldehyde - Wikipedia

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    Environmental factors such as temperature and relative humidity can elevate levels because formaldehyde has a high vapor pressure. Formaldehyde levels from building materials are the highest when a building first opens because materials would have less time to off-gas. Formaldehyde levels decrease over time as the sources suppress.

  3. Methanol toxicity - Wikipedia

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    When the body breaks down methanol it results in the creation of metabolite byproducts such as formaldehyde, formic acid, and formate which cause much of the toxicity. [2] The diagnosis may be suspected when there is acidosis or an increased osmol gap and confirmed by directly measuring blood levels.

  4. Immediately dangerous to life or health - Wikipedia

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    The term immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH) is defined by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as exposure to airborne contaminants that is "likely to cause death or immediate or delayed permanent adverse health effects or prevent escape from such an environment." Examples include smoke or other ...

  5. EPA determines formaldehyde causes cancer, in step toward ...

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    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that breathing in formaldehyde, a chemical that’s used in building materials and hair straighteners, can cause cancer. In a toxicological ...

  6. Health effects of electronic cigarettes - Wikipedia

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    [221] while lower voltages (3.0 V [1]) produce levels of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde roughly 13 and 807-fold less than in cigarette smoke. [182] Elevated aldehyde formation has an unpleasant taste leading users to avoid it. [107] The average amount of formaldehyde in vapor from high-voltage devices is higher than the average from cigarettes ...

  7. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    Some causes listed include deaths also included in more specific subordinate causes, and some causes are omitted, so the percentages may only sum approximately to 100%. The causes listed are relatively immediate medical causes, but the ultimate cause of death might be described differently.

  8. Composition of electronic cigarette aerosol - Wikipedia

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    [81] A 2014 study stated that "increasing the voltage from 3.2–4.8 V resulted in a 4 to >200 times increase in the formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acetone levels". [18] The amount of carbonyl compounds in e-cigarette aerosols varies substantially, not only among different brands but also among different samples of the same products, from 100 ...

  9. National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

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    The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) are air pollution standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The standards, authorized by the Clean Air Act, are for pollutants not covered by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness.