Is formaldehyde in your workplace?

If you work in certain industries, you may be exposed to formaldehyde. It’s most commonly found in:

• some textile manufacturing
• wood product manufacturing
• plastic and resin production
• funeral industry, medical and other healthcare services (formaldehyde is used as a preservative and embalming agent)
• fungicide spraying – formaldehyde is commonly used as an industrial fungicide (to control diseases caused by moulds) and as a disinfectant (to destroy microorganisms)