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Maybe there is dangerous offgassing from a new set at PMSNBC
The obligatory ‘Jon Stewart smacking around Chris Matthews’ noon open thread. | RedState 2010
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We inhale chemicals in the form of "volatile organic compounds" offgassing from paints, perfumes and synthetic upholstery.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Protecting Ourselves From An Invisible Danger: Environmental Toxins Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
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We inhale chemicals in the form of "volatile organic compounds" offgassing from paints, perfumes and synthetic upholstery.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Protecting Ourselves From An Invisible Danger: Environmental Toxins Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
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They so wanted to smell something other than manmade offgassing.
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All surf shops smell the same—a fragrance of epoxy resin offgassing from the racks of surfboards, new neoprene, perfumed surf wax.
Kook Peter Heller 2010
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I wonder how safe the process is and whether there's and any dangerous offgassing that occurs when the plastic is melted?
Sustainable: Plastic 2009
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As for offgassing, he writes, Our process does not give off gassing as standard plastics machine, as we do not heat the plastic to molten levels but rather heat enough to remove the memory.
Sustainable: Plastic 2009
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Another major source of VOCs, carpet offgassing, can include a mix of up to two hundred different chemicals including the probable carcinogen formaldehyde.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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While offgassing can last for weeks according to environmental scientists who measure such things, there are also long-term concerns.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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I wonder how safe the process is and whether there's and any dangerous offgassing that occurs when the plastic is melted?
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Also known as outgassing, this is the emission of chemicals from building materials, furniture, textiles and bedding. Many of those “new house�? smells that we enjoy accumulate in the bloodstream and have been linked to increasing rates of asthma and some cancers, particularly in children. (From Double-Tongued Dictionay)
June 9, 2008