Formaldehyde is a simple molecule made up of Carbon, Oxygen and Hydrogen. It is a gas in its pure form but is commercially used as a solution of Formaldehyde in water often called formalin or formol.
It was first discovered back in 1859, but it has been in existence for millennia because it is the basic molecule used by many organisms.
Formaldehyde is all around us not just in manufactured products but in our own bodies as well as other animals, plants and micro-organisms because all normal functioning cells produce and use formaldehyde. Formaldehyde in the atmosphere can also be broken down through a process called photo-degradation.
The positive news is that because formaldehyde is metabolised or broken down so easily it doesn’t accumulate in the body or in the natural environment. In fact it is part of the natural environment.
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