Where Formaldehyde Hides in Built Environments (and How You Can Avoid It) 

Where Formaldehyde Hides in Built Environments (and How You Can Avoid It) 

May 28, 2025Chemical Industry, flooring & carpeting, procurement, School Products, Tips, Workplace Products

The presence of formaldehyde in built environment products like furniture and flooring is long documented. This chemical has been in use in the furniture and flooring industry for decades, mainly as a wood adhesive. Formaldehyde is a respiratory irritant, a chemical sensitizer, and a carcinogen.

It is important for institutional purchasers to learn how to avoid this chemical when procuring built environment products. To help with this, CEH offers expertise in healthier furniture and flooring procurement and has developed several tools that purchasers can use to avoid formaldehyde in their purchasing.

What’s the Deal with Toxics in Furniture?

What’s the Deal with Toxics in Furniture?

Dec 12, 2023Uncategorized

When you think about what you want your office furniture to do or to be, you most likely focus on how comfortable it is, how easy to clean it is, or how it will look in the space. Whether that piece of furniture at work can exacerbate your asthma or even potentially make you more susceptible to developing chronic conditions like cancer is probably not one of your top considerations.