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It is used in making... Eyes, Nose, and Throat.The eyes, nose, and • chemical resins • wrinkle-proof fabrics throat are irritated by formaldehyde vapors at levels • rubber products • latex paints * dyes as low as about 0.3 part formaldehyde per million • plastics o paper products, and • cosmetics, parts of air (0.3 part per million, or 0.3 "ppm" — see "Legal Exposure Limits"). Phis exposure can cause it is found in... red, teary, burning eyes, sneezing and coughing, and • insulation materials • plywood * particle board sore throat. Some people have irritant symptoms at • adhesives • glues * paint primers, and these very low exposure levels, while others can • Fingernail products. tolerate levels as high as a few ppm with little or no reaction. Any of these materials may give off formaldehyde Liquid formaldehyde solutions contacting the eyes vapors. can damage the cornea, possibly caging blindness. Formaldehyde is also present in combustion Lungs. High levels 15-30 ppm and higher) can products, such as vehicle exhaust and tobacco severely irritate the lungs, causing chest pain and smoke. shortness of breath. Repeated exposure to formaldehyde can cause allergic asthma. Symptoms of asthma include Some workers who chest tightness, shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing. Formaldehyde's long-tend effects on the may have substantial lungs are not fully understood. exposure to Skin. Formaldehyde solutions can destroy your skin's formaldeh de natural protective oils, causing dryness, flaking, y cracking, and dermatitis (skin rash). Skin contact can chemical and rubber workers also cause an allergic reaction (redness, itching, hives, embalmers and blisters). As many as one in twenty workers who are regularly exposed to formaldehyde develop an laboratory workers allergic skin reaction. health care workers clothing and textile workers Cancer. Formaldehyde exposure can cause cancer of furniture or wood product makers the nose and sinuses in humans, as well as some foundry workers types of leukemia and lymphoma. Formaldehyde is insulation workers regulated as a carcinogen by Calf OSHA and Calf EPA. Reproductive System. Formaldehyde's effect on pregnancy and the reproductive system has been studied in both humans and in laboratory animals. How formaldehyde Formaldehyde has been shown to decrease fertility and increase the risk of spontaneous abortion affects your body (miscarriage) in humans. in laboratory animals. J J formaldehyde can harm the developing fetus and Formaldehyde can affect you when you breathe damage sperm. in order to avoid risk to pregnancy its vapors or touch the liquid. Because and the reproductive system, HESIS recommends formaldehyde reacts quickly with body tissues, minimizing workplace exposures to formaldehyde it mainly affects the place of direct contact, such prior to and during pregnancy. as the eyes, nose, and skin. The most common effect of overexposure is irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat.