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What is pressed wood?
What is pressed wood?Pressed wood is any type of engineered wood product made from wood veneers, particles, or fibers that are bonded together with a resin under heat and pressure. Particleboard and MDF are both pressed wood products.

For more information, see the Wikipedia entry for pressed wood, the CPSC Report "An Update On Formaldehyde: 1997 Revision", and the EPA's IAQ basic information on formaldehyde.

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