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Happy Valentine's Day: your home is toxic: That was the ahppy message to numerous families from the feds today. Specifically it was FEMA telling displaced Katrina refugees that their government-provided travel trailers contain unsafe levels of formaldhyde. In testing by gthe federal government at least 5% of the trailers had off-gassing severe enough to cause...; Tags: Furniture, Health Care, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Formaldehyde, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Got a new computer desk? Don't inhale: Got a new computer desk? Don't inhaleformaldehyded also from 11% methanol part of aspartame"Of course, everyone chooses, as a natural priority, to enjoy peace, joy, and love by helping to find, quickly share, and positively act upon evidence about healthy and safe food, drink, and environment."Rich Murray, MA Room...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Very Little, computer, methanol, Formaldehyde, computer desk; Discussion threads 2007-11-09

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Lemon-filled odorless socks?: According to the latest American Chemical Society ACS Weekly PressPac, Portuguese researchers have developed a new type of microcapsule filled with perfume and embedded in fabric for production of scented suits, socks, undergarments and other clothing. This PressPac contains a very short note titled 'Toward perfumed-clothing: Fabric-friendly microcapsules hide unpleasant...; Tags: Technique, Researcher, Agent, American Chemical Society, Productivity, Real Estate, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-07
(Photos: Ikea, from warehouse to living room): (Photos: Ikea, from warehouse to living room)Ikeayes, but how formaldehyde was used in the wood, how many toxins were used to process and dye the fabric, and how much were the workers paid?RE: (Photos: Ikea, from warehouse to living room)The innovative design, ease of assembly, quality of materials used -...; Tags: IKEA, photograph; Discussion threads 2008-05-02
Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your business: Of course our government cannot really tell us the truth about things like "weapons of mass destruction," or the true costs of various wars and occupations, or the size of the CIA's budget, because we're so silly and can't be trusted to understand. Turns out, we can't be told...; Tags: Chemicals, Health Care, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, European Union, Government Accounting Office, Naphthalene, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-28

A knotty problem: timber rustling and you: A piece of Ecotimber's antique yellow pine. The company's not new, but it's got a new financial outlook. Many of its products are far older than the company itself. And even though the CEO's been in the same industry for years, he displays an...; Tags: Product, Ecotimber, Forest Stewardship Council, Quality, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-01-21
Don't inhale, Part Deux: Another revelation in the case of the odorless but possibly dangerous FEMA trailers. Some Katrina victims have been living in more than forty-thousand of these trailers for over a year. Now some residents are suing FEMA which has been a little slow to respond to their request for...; Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-11-18
Got a new computer desk? Don't inhale: Once you and I are are dead, formaldehyde could be useful. It's an embalming fluid, after all. But right now, you are not really helped by breathing the stuff. With that in mind the geniuses at the Federal Emergency Management Agency barred its employees from entering mobile...; Tags: Science, Mobile, Furniture, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Computer, Sierra Club, Advertising & Promotion, Construction, Productivity, Government, Marketing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-11-09
That sweet smell may be dangerous: Environmental groups are raisisng a stink over those nice-smelling air fresheners. Today Walgreen's announced it will pull some air freshener products off their shelves. Then the company will have its own independent testing done. The Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups tested the air...; Tags: NRDC Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-09-20
Emissions from popular laser printers may be carcinogenic. How will HP respond?: Emissions from popular laser printers may be carcinogenic. How will HP respond?Everything on God's green earth...Everything on God's green earth produces something harmful to others...!Headline:Warning to all computer users. Excessive reading of ZDNet causes excess spurious emissions of light energy from laptop screens which causes blindness in lab animals.This is...; Tags: Printers, laser, printer, ozone, Hewlett-Packard Co., laser printer; Discussion threads 2007-08-02
IBM's Sutor understands DRM, but logic misses major point: In his blog, Bob Sutor has responded to a post about digital rights managment DRM technology by Marc Wagner here on ZDNet. In response to my ongoing series of rants about DRM (what should be called C.R.A.P.: Read why or watch CRAP: The Movie), Wagner explored the...; Tags: Digital media, Digital music, digital-rights management, IBM Corp., digital rights managment, music, Bob Sutor, CD, Apple iPod; Blog posts 2006-05-19