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Bighurt
at Thu Apr 17 20:59:39 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bighurt ]
Your running into some of the same problems, I have faced in the past. There is currently no regulation that requires a consistant manufacturing of the product. So long as the company provides an MSDS for the material they are providing they are safe. Hell there isn't even a requirement to specify on the MSDS the quanity/type of use.
For example Isopropyl Alcohol will have the same MSDS for the product packed in a 55 gallon drum or a one gallon bottle. Even though we all know the hazards will vary different for both.
So my question to you are you looking at melamine, particle board, MDF, compressed wheat, or a combination?
I looked up the MSDS for both melamine itself, and a manufactured coated product. While both contain formaldehyde, I honestly believe the off gas warning was in reference to the sawdust and the particle board itself not the melamine resin coating.
Also remember its the polymerization of melamine and formaldehyde that makes up this resin.
And while formaldehyde has its own bad rep, melamine itself has made quite the debut. The wheat gluten recall of 2007 was caused by melamine particles found in pet food. This crystalline formation effected the kidneys and the urinary track in affected animals. Although melamine hasn't been conclusively linked to animal deaths. The USDA inconjunction with the EPA have expressed that the residual effect of melamine within meat, poultry and egg products are not a concern.
But there are tons of products made from Melamine resin;
Countertops
Furinature
Dishware
The magic Eraser
Formica
Arborite
Laminate Flooring
Whiteboards
Fabric
Glue
Flame retardent material
Drugs
and Formaldehyde;
Cigarettes
Fiberglass
Carpet
Cushion material
Fabric
Paper
Household cleaner
Shampoo
Bubble bath
Medicine
Disinfectants
Pressed Wood Products
Aspartame
As well as carcinogen's and carcinogen containing products;
Benzene
Asbestos
Vinyl chloride
Methylene chloride
Diesel Fuel
Anitbiotics
Nitrite
Talc
lanolin
fluoride
silica
Lets face it unless your a quaker livin' without any modern amenaties your going to be exposed and so wll our pets its just a fact of progress. However if your worried about the porosity of the melamine shell allowing more formaldehyde particulate than another product your in for a suprise cause there is more than enough formaldehyde in your home to fill in.
Besides if melamine was more porous than it was now it wouldn't be a good product to use in a cage anyways.....
Cheers
We all have to be paranoid I suppose, me I plan to build a militia! LOL
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Jeremy
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RE: possible hazard in caging material? - Bighurt, Thu Apr 17 20:59:39 2008