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Thanks to Globalization Your Furniture Could Be Making You Sick

By bgamall4   Follow   Sun, 24 Jun 2012, 9:42am   549 views   9 comments
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1. bgamall4 Follow Befriend (14) 742 threads 2,561 comments 63 male Las Vegas, NV bgamall4's website Premium

   1   9:11am Wed 9 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Since healthcare is a new section of Patrick.net I wanted people interested in it to read an article I wrote a little while ago.

2. mell Follow Befriend (5) 47 threads 1,278 comments Premium

   2   9:22am Wed 9 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   As simple and effective way to save you from this is to stop buying shit. Use old, second-hand furniture, likely better made and even if it had issues by now most chemicals have leeched out long ago. But Americans simply can't stop buying shit.

3. mell Follow Befriend (5) 47 threads 1,278 comments Premium

   3   9:29am Wed 9 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   On that note, I wish quality manufacturing would return to the US. They had (and still have few) great products like Caterpillar boots and such.

4. Peter P Follow Befriend (4) 117 threads 17,655 comments Premium

   4   9:33am Wed 9 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   I got some of my furniture from Room and Board. Much is still made in the US.

5. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 410 threads 4,107 comments Baltimore, MD

   5   9:37am Wed 9 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   I get much of my furniture from Ikea, and almost all of it is made in Eastern Europe (Sweden, Poland, Russia, Romania). To me that's way better then anything Asian, and it's also the only thing that's going to fit in my house anyway (small house). Obligatory Chinese Drywall and Chinese toys with lead in them comment.

6. CMY Follow Befriend 46 comments male Redondo Beach, CA

   6   9:44am Wed 9 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Thanks for sharing! We've been aware (suspicious?) of this for a while and have tried to steer clear of these products. Only thing I would add is that office furniture is probably just as bad, and multiplied by a factor of 50 or more (with limited ventilation). Just thinking about it is starting to make my skin crawl.

7. Mandy Lifeboats Follow Befriend (2) 13 threads 34 comments Las Vegas, NV

   7   10:02am Wed 9 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Had to send back a night table because of the noxious fumes it emanated. Before I realized this was just something that we shouldn't have around, I sprayed it with two bottles of a special deodorizer at $8 each and left it outside for two weeks - no change. Cost me $35 to send it back. I see that cases of leukemia have been linked to formaldehyde exposure. My mother was diagnosed with CML about two years ago. Her bedroom furniture was expensive, bought about 20 years ago, so IDK. Maybe the office, as was mentioned by CMY. Giving my daughter's furniture (cheap) the stink eye now.

8. bgamall4 Follow Befriend (14) 742 threads 2,561 comments 63 male Las Vegas, NV bgamall4's website Premium

   8   11:02am Wed 9 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   mell says As simple and effective way to save you from this is to stop buying shit. Use old, second-hand furniture, likely better made and even if it had issues by now most chemicals have leeched out long ago. But Americans simply can't stop buying shit. I agree, but they aren't aware of the dangers.

9. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 410 threads 4,107 comments Baltimore, MD

   9   11:20am Wed 9 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Mandy Lifeboats says Had to send back a night table because of the noxious fumes it emanated. Before I realized this was just something that we shouldn't have around, I sprayed it with two bottles of a special deodorizer at $8 each and left it outside for two weeks - no change. Cost me $35 to send it back. My stuff from Ikea is unfinished pine, which I finish myself (and I am almost an expert at this).