Reply #26: Until recently, I worked for a company that imported

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some cheap folding furniture from China. The smell of a freshly opened shipping container was overwhelming. The furniture was aluminum and polyester and smelled of a combination of formaldehyde, diesel fuel, and something else that is indescribable. In addition to whatever toxic leachate was coming off the product, the inside of the container was dusted with a white powder the Chinese refused to identify (would not provide MSDS or even name of the compound). One of our dock workers who spent some time in prison years ago said it smelled like de-lousing powder. Some of the guys who unloaded these containers reported headaches and skin irritation after doing so. It became common practice for them to go home, shower and change after an unload. Scary stuff.