Glutaraldehyde is widely used as a disinfectant for a variety of heat-sensitive instruments, such as endoscopes, bronchoscopes, and dialysis equipment.  Health care employees may be exposed to glutaraldehyde in its uses as a hardener in x-ray development and as a tissue fixative in...

In 2011, the United States National Toxicology Program name formaldehyde a known human carcinogen.  Due to its many uses and toxicity and volatility it needs to be thought of a danger for human health.  With the annual world production of 50 billion pounds (23 million tons) there is...