Plastic rot

From: John Higginbotham <higginbo_at_netpath.net>
Date: Tue Dec 23 09:43:32 1997

At 08:26 AM 12/23/97 -0600, you wrote:

>Hmmm. I flunked freshman chemistry, so maybe I'm wrong, but isn't
>foam rubber made with formaldehyde?

I think formaldehyde is used in the process, and that some of it does come
out in the finished foam, but there are supposedly strict rules about how
much is allowed in the finished product.


- John Higginbotham
- limbo.netpath.net
Received on Tue Dec 23 1997 - 09:43:32 GMT