al., 2006).
Additionally, one case of malignant lymphoma (Jiang et al., 1990)
and one case of leukemia (Cui et al., 1997) were reported. In a 2006
court case, a local judge in Fujian Province awarded compensation for
the first case of formaldehyde induced childhood leukemia in China.
After being exposed to a formaldehyde concentration of 0.39 mg/m3
for 8 months in a newly decorated home, a 4-year-old girl suffered
from fatal leukemia, and the decorating company was required to
provide compensation (Dai, 2006). Some studies have suggested that
the increase in childhood leukemia cases is associated with the
increase in indoor air formaldehyde pollution from newly remodeled homes
explanations such as ‘population mixing’ caused by relocation cannot
be excluded