Formalin banned?

[Sleepydoc]

I was at my LFS yesterday and one of the owners told me they had to pull all of the medications that contained formalin/formaldehyde because it had been banned due to carcinogenicity. Has anyone else heard of this? That would be a blow to disease treatment, as formalin can be very useful. Like I told the owner, how can they use that excuse to pull useful medications and still leave cigarettes on the market?

 

[JoshH]

I was at my LFS yesterday and one of the owners told me they had to pull all of the medications that contained formalin/formaldehyde because it had been banned due to carcinogenicity. Has anyone else heard of this? That would be a blow to disease treatment, as formalin can be very useful. Like I told the owner, how can they use that excuse to pull useful medications and still leave cigarettes on the market?

They don't make much tax money on formalin

 

[DeniseAndy]

I believe it is in some states, not in others. You can still get it last time I checked. That was a year ago though. Maybe things have changed.

 

[Humblefish]

I just ordered another bottle of formalin online: https://pentairaes.com/parasite-s.html

The only thing that ticked me off is the bottle they sent me expires in like 5 months. Especially when I know that 37% formaldehyde has a 2 year shelf life. :mad:

 

[Sleepydoc]

I believe it is in some states, not in others. You can still get it last time I checked. That was a year ago though. Maybe things have changed.

Yeah, it’s probabaly known to the state of California for something...

I just ordered another bottle of formalin online: https://pentairaes.com/parasite-s.html

The only thing that ****** me off is the bottle they sent me expires in like 5 months. Especially when I know that 37% formaldehyde has a 2 year shelf life. :mad:

Even after 2 years it’s still probably 36.5% formaldehyde! We had specimens in school that were still well preserved after 20+ years

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

you can buy anything except maybe a kidney on ebay.

 

[Sleepydoc]

you can buy anything except maybe a kidney on ebay.

yeah, for kidneys you have to go to craigslist.

 

[maroun.c]

Remmeber hearing not to use it if bottle was opened more than few months ago?

 

[Breadman03]

I just ordered another bottle of formalin online: https://pentairaes.com/parasite-s.html

The only thing that ****** me off is the bottle they sent me expires in like 5 months. Especially when I know that 37% formaldehyde has a 2 year shelf life. :mad:

I've had similar experiences with ordering various things online, including getting expired packages. It isn't often a problem, but I like to keep some things on hand and not have to rotate them like bananas.