Air Sample Results Fail to Detect Formaldehyde

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 04:00 AM

Prince George, B.C.- Yet another round of testing for formaldehyde in Prince George air, has failed to turn up any sign of the chemical.

The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has been sampling the air in a number of Prince George locations, following a bizarre incident in the summer of 2008. Sample results at that time showed levels that were well beyond the Provincial “acceptable limits”. At the time, it was thought the sampling was flawed, but it was the length of time between getting results of the sampling and that information going public which caused an uproar.

On October 26^th, samples were taken in the Millar Addition on Ash Street during an air quality event in Prince George.

Both the Ministry of Environment equipment and a hand held unit operated by the People’s Action Committee for Healthy Air failed to turn up any detectable levels of formaldehyde.

FORMALDEHYDE RESULTS: October 26, 2010

Date	Location	BC Action Level (1‐hr)	BC Episode Level (1‐hr)		Sampler	*Sample Results (MOE: 1 hr average)
Oct/26/10	Millar Addition Ash Street	60 μg/m3	370 μg/m3		MOE	A: Below detection limit (detection limit 0.329 μg/m3) B: Below detection limit (detection limit 0.329 μg/m3)
	Millar Addition Ash Street			MACC/ PACHA		Below detection limit (detection limit 12 μg/m3)

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Posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 04:00 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: He spoke on November 16 2010 8:33 AM

Look harder, Talk to your neighbours, I am sure one of them will extensively use a Mr.Clean scouring pad, which releases formaldehyde.

Keep looking and find it, or your gonna loose your funding.

Posted by: millarres on November 16 2010 10:26 AM

what funding? This was a community-driven, volunteer initiative and residents used our own funds to purchase the equipment and volunteered our time to collect samples. This is good news for everyone. I am relieved to know that there were no detectable levels and feel more comfortable knowing that the results were verified by a non-government and non-industry body.

Posted by: gamblor on November 16 2010 4:51 PM

so the analysis was free too? The Gas Chromatograph and people and labs to run them were all free/volunteer? Wow, super!

Posted by: gus on November 16 2010 5:07 PM

Let us remember that this whole thing became an issue because of a screw up by the ministry.

They released figure which were on the high side, to say the least and they did not know why. It took them virtually a year to releaser the information without offering proof that it was likely an error.

With the kind of run arounds with the air quality in this city for the last 15+ years, one cannot blame people for becoming rather skeptical.

Posted by: Slim2229 on November 16 2010 8:08 PM

Hey HE SPOKE!
I found it. Its on my Dad's bedroom shelf. Little bottle, yay hi.For Pneumonia he puts three drops in a glass of water and drinks it. If he's got blood poisoning he puts 8 drops in a glass of water and bathes the area externally. He claims it works. Told him there's supposed to be formaldehyde in his tobacco, he laughed.
He's 101. Guess some folks know what they're talking about huh?