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Monday, March 10, 2008

husband killed by particleboard in waterbed

This problem has been known about as far back as 1984. My husband became disabled from the formaldehyde in the boards that his waterbed was made from. People made jokes about it then, but he got an infection in his sinus that went to his brain. You can imagine the rest. He was 52 and never worked again in his life. They should have known better in those trailers! We were told that the boards (4 x 8) had to be "cooked" and that they didn't cook these boards enough to dry up the glue. My husband passed away this summer. He never got a chance to live a full life again. Thank you, Betty Vaughn (Brv01@aol.com)
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