Re: Meandering Jerri Type Post

"Shomeret"  wrote ...
> So yesterday I read an item in an AARP publication about yet another
> outrage perpetrated by FEMA against Katrina survivors.  Apparently,
> many of the trailers they gave to Katrina survivors as temporary
> living quarters are contaminated with fomaldehyde.  This is a red flag
> for me because someone I know has become permanently disabled from
> multiple chemical sensitivities as a result of prolonged exposure to
> formaldehyde.  Since carpet, curtains and many other types of products
> are now routinely bathed in formaldehyde,  the trailers should have
> been cleaned thoroughly before giving it to people to live in. Now
> many Katrina survivors are ill from formaldehyde exposure in addition
> to their other problems.
>
> Once a person has become sensitive to formaldehyde by prolonged
> exposure, it's hard to avoid it.  All new clothing is bathed in
> formaldehyde, so you can't go shopping for new clothes.  If clothing
> is put through the washing machine, that removes the formaldehyde and
> you never have to worry about it again.  But that's why clothing has
> warning labels about washing it before wearing.  My friend has to wear
> a face mask in public because so many people are wearing unwashed
> formaldehyde contaminated clothing.

> This Wednesday I'm going to New York for Passover, so I won't be
> posting here next weekend.

Speaking of formaldehyde and Passover.........decades ago, as I was taking

my family's Passover items out of storage to be used for the holiday I 
noticed that the kosher for Passover mouthwash listed formaldehyde as an 
ingredient right next to the cinnamon flavoring. Luckily there wasn't any 
arsenic in the toothpaste.

I am NOT looking forward to 8 days of matzoh but I really detest the prep 
work going on now. I hope you have a wonderful visit with your family 
Shomeret, Chag Someach.

Annie