Don't want to be using formaldehyde, nasty stuff that will make the eyes water if the concentration is strong enough. They put small traces in beer and milk, its a preservative, that's why they use it in the embalming process I think
Yes. I will check with the hairdresser tomorrow. Probably okay in small quantities. Bit like lye water (caustic soda) in rice, maybe?
It is used in many things, but only in small concentrations, I've seen it used many times to fumigate rooms where germs need to be totally eradicated, add a tiny quantity to potassium and it instantly turns into gas.
I seem to recall it cropping up a lot in an earlier life? Was it beer? Or maybe insulation? Something quite common.
You probably mean potassium permanganate, rather than just potassium. Potassium is dangerous stuff to work with and has to be kept in oil to prevent exposure to air. Formaldehyde is a potential carcinogen.
Yes I did Howerd, you are correct, and yes formalin or formaldehyde has been proved to be carcinogenic, I meant to mention that earlier but I dint know how to spell it
Probably both John, or you might be thinking of asbestos in insulation, it was widely used to insulate boiler flues, mixed with pigs fat, I think, not sure.
Oh I don't know about that John, sorry. All sorts of things have all sorts of things in them so it wouldn't surprise me
From the horses mouth.....no formaldehyde in the keratin they use. So it is booked. One happy Filipina.
