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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:05:55 -0700
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From: Robert Weeks <rweeks**At_Symbol_Here**LANL.GOV>
Subject: Re: Paraformaldehyde - carcinogen or not?
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My suggestion would be to look at the Mallinkrodt MSDS for
paraformaldehyde. They rather strongly suggest that it either is
presently classified as a carcinogen or will be in the future. One of
their citations already does classify it as a human carcinogen.
Bob
At 10:34 AM 12/3/2009, you wrote:
>This comes up every so often, with strong feelings on both sides,
>because paraformaldehyde evolves formaldehyde gas (slowly) in
>solution, under some circumstances.
>
>What say you?
>
>Debbie Decker
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>Birkett's hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction
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>can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."
>
>
>
Robert Weeks, PhD, CET
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
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