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.

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 ...

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 ...

Q. I would like information regarding urea formaldehyde foam insulation [UFFI] in walls. We are thinking of buying a house and are afraid of settling on something not knowing if formaldehyde is ...

Everyone's always asking me what's the best insulation? Batt? Loose fill? Rigid? Different insulation will work best for different jobs. But there's one product that has proven itself consistently on ...

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 ...

This article was published 08/12/2012 (4745 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Everyone’s always asking me “What’s the best insulation? Batt? Loose fill? Rigid?” Different ...

Urea formaldehyde foam insulation in homes has caused increasing concerns about the adverse health effects associated with residential exposure to formaldehyde emissions. These health effects cover a ...

Radical renovators Ken and Andrea will inhabit a home free of allergens, bugs, drafts and the nuisance of noise thanks to contractor Tim Tindale's insistence that they use an expensive but highly ...

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 ...