Susan Fornoff's article hit home. In Wednesday's H&G she writes about Laura Ingram, who had violent allergic reactions to the chemical lacquer in newly purchased bookcases...
Blogging the Chronicle: What's in Furniture? It's Enough to Make You Sick
Even leaving the furniture outdoors for three months didn't help. Fornoff says it's possible to find furniture that's chemical-free and made of all-natural material, and includes a list of resources and "cures for toxic furniture."
Since we're very sensitive to chemical odors and offgassing, we can relate.
Read the article here.
Image: Laura Ingram
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I'm down in L.A. and it's scary to think of all the pressboard and toxic-lacquered furniture that has burned up in the wildfires and is now in the air. yum!
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not quite as violent, but a similar thing happened to me with not one, but two, pottery barn rugs. at one point the odors coming off the one in my living room was so bad that i found myself in the bathroom vomiting while a migraine made it's way to my head. such a shame too because it was a beautiful, somewhat expensive rug.
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