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Kaye · 07-04-2007, 07:57 PM

Hi Lexi, I cannot answer your question, but I can share that I was dx'd with IBC BEFORE I had radiation, and I have not yet had a recurrence of IBC. I don't know if the following has any relationship to developing IBC, but about a year and a half+ before my diagnosis I had all the signs of formaldehyde poisoning after over-exposure to 'new' fiberboard. I had thought that there had been regulations that any fiberboard that was used at that time was 'safe' but learned that the only regulation in place, I believe, was that the treated, safe fiberboard had to be labelled and/or newly manufactured fiberboard was safe. It was still legal to use the old, untreated fiberboard at that time.

07-04-2007, 07:57 PM	#3
Kaye Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 52	Hi Lexi, I cannot answer your question, but I can share that I was dx'd with IBC BEFORE I had radiation, and I have not yet had a recurrence of IBC. I don't know if the following has any relationship to developing IBC, but about a year and a half+ before my diagnosis I had all the signs of formaldehyde poisoning after over-exposure to 'new' fiberboard. I had thought that there had been regulations that any fiberboard that was used at that time was 'safe' but learned that the only regulation in place, I believe, was that the treated, safe fiberboard had to be labelled and/or newly manufactured fiberboard was safe. It was still legal to use the old, untreated fiberboard at that time.