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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 11:51 PM Original message |
So, who is responsible for putting the formaldhyde in the trailers |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a by product of the foam insulation. Normally, it's vented |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. it's also used in the compressed wood used in the kitchen area |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. just think most of those trailers were originally built for sale to the public |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. carpenters are encouraged to wear particle masks when cutting wood... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Any idea where you read that? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. No I don't and I wish I did but we used to live in a trailer for a while and on a hot day |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Maybe it isn't consistent. I actually have 3 trailers but they're kinda old and don't have |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Another nasty thing is the cheap particle board used in houses built |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. Mobile home manufacturers. They are trying to kill off as many customers as possible. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. it's not just the mobile home manufacturers. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Particle board, |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. for the most part in a regular stick framed house the formaldehyde is pretty much |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. planned obsolesence |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. People who build cheap-ass stuff that's never meant to be lived in full-time |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And that's American products. Imagine if they were made in China... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. They get around it by "dislaimers".. Then if someone tries to sue |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. i bet there were a lot of condemned trailers some crony got for a dollar and sold them to another |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. You can smell it in all the new mobile trailers I've I've ever been in. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. We've had two new camper trailers over the years. |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. Ever been in a brand new car or house? |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
17. Formaldhyde is in some imported beers. |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Long ago, I heard that it was in the beer sent to Viet Nam |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Remember hearing that also in the late 60s |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. I was wondering if anybody had pinned down |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. there is a high level of formaldhyde in carpets, mattresses |
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