Formaldehyde exposure risk assessment among fiberboard furniture manufacturing workers in Thailand: Comparison of TIS 2012 and EPA IRIS standards
Anamai Thetkathuek, Wanlop Jaidee · 2026
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Anamai Thetkathuek and Wanlop Jaidee compared two risk models for formaldehyde exposure among fibreboard furniture workers in Thailand, publishing the cross-sectional study in 2026. Resins used in medium-density fibreboard release formaldehyde gas, a known health hazard, during production. The team sampled full-shift personal air exposures for 439 workers across ten departments of a factory in Chachoengsao Province and surveyed symptoms.
Average formaldehyde reached 5.47 milligrams per cubic metre, peaking in the Clearing department. The Thai standard rated 80 percent of departments very high risk, against 50 percent under the US EPA model, and every department's lifetime cancer risk exceeded the acceptable threshold. The authors call for urgent exposure controls in the highest-risk departments and routine cancer-risk surveillance.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Anamai Thetkathuek, Wanlop Jaidee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |