A Talaiekhozani - Institute of Environmental and Water Resources Management, Water Research Alliance, Department of Environmental Engineering,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,, Jami Institute of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
M.A Fulazzaky - Institute of Environmental and Water Resources Management, Water Research Alliance, Department of Environmental Engineering,
M. Ponraj - Institute of Environmental and Water Resources Management, Water Research Alliance, Department of Environmental Engineering,
Z.M Abd Majid - Construction Research Alliance, Faculty of Civil engineering, UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia, UTM Skudai

Formaldehyde has been categorized as toxic, suspected carcinogen, teratogen and mutagen compound andwidely applied in various industries. Millions ton of formaldehyde is yearly released into environments.Therefore, having enough information about this compound to control its environmental problems isnecessary. Although, many articles about formaldehyde production, properties, removal and applicationshave been published, but access to all of this information in different data bases is not easy and acomprehensive review paper in this area is yet to be published. The aim of this paper is collectinginformation about toxicology, resources, production and applications of formaldehyde. Formaldehyde can beemitted into atmosphere from natural sources such as atmospheric reactions, fire forest,and biologicalmetabolism. Anthropogenic sources are other important sources of formaldehyde emission. Collectingenough knowledge about common pollutants such as formaldehyde that have been frequently released intoenvironment can make significant contributions to improving environmental quality

Formaldehyde, sources, removal, properties, toxicology