Formaldehyde Update: It’s still not good for you!

A recent story about Hurricane Katrina and the temporary trailers that folks are living in has a story about the negative health impact of formaldehyde.

I found it distressing and worth passing along to everyone who follows this BLOG (I think the audience is basically me and my mom. Thanks mom!).

My point with this post is to reinforce that Formaldehyde is a carcinogen and therefore minimizing it in our building products should be something we all spend time on. My point is not specifically related to Hurricane Katrina or the craptacular response to it. That is for politicians to sort out. We spend alot of our energy to make sure that we manage the products we carry even when it costs us short term sales.

(Sidenote: New Orleans Residents – we are sending out over 400,000 flyers to you in August to help you gain access to lots of flooring at low prices. We know that it is hard to find adequate and reasonably priced construction suppliers at the moment down there.)