Remember urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI)? Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s it was the ultimate bad guy of the insulation world. Installed in hundreds of thousands of homes in the U.S.

Unfortunately, the urea formaldehyde foam that has been used spontaneously decomposes, releasing formaldehyde fumes in quantities which may be toxic. The use of urea formaldehyde foams in construction ...

In recent columns, we've looked at cellulose insulation as well as fiberglass and other batt insulation materials. The other option for filling wall and ceiling cavities is foam insulation that is ...

Jerry Doyle was just trying to do the right thing and do his part to help protect the environment and be a responsible citizen. You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...

WATERLOO REGION — The last chapter in a class-action lawsuit by hundreds of people who injected their homes with urea formaldehyde foam insulation may be written in a Windsor courtroom later this ...

We built our home in 1971. A few years later, we had urea formaldehyde foam insulation installed through a government program. I have no plans to leave this house, but given my age, I want to keep my ...

The formaldehyde levels in a new elementary school were measured and traced to their origin. Although the original source had generally been assumed to be the urea formaldehyde foam insulation inside ...

You might have heard the recent news about a $500-million class-action lawsuit against both the government of Canada and the manufacturers and distributors of RetroFoam, a retrofit spray foam ...

Formaldehyde. You may remember it fondly from high school biology days — a clear liquid preservative with dead things floating in it that made your eyes sting and your nose run. I don’t know what your ...