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formaldehyde

[fawr-mal-duh-hahyd, fer-] / fɔrˈmæl dəˌhaɪd, fər- /
NOUN
preservative
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The suit claims xAI’s 27 turbines emit nitrogen oxides and formaldehyde, linked to asthma, heart problems, and cancers.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Others include multiple types of exposures associated with fume events: chemicals that appear in both pesticides and engine oils; high levels of ultrafine particles and solvents like formaldehyde; and brain trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

He also raised safety and health concerns when Alameda Health System changed how Highland Hospital disposed of formaldehyde.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Some VOCs, such as dioxins, benzene, formaldehyde and PAHs, can be toxic to humans.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025

She looked like a bottled fetus that had escaped from its jar of formaldehyde in a Biology lab and unshriveled and thickened with age.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy