In today's world of everything being scented up with soaps and perfumes, many are becoming allergic to their ways of life. Check out how room deordorizers work. Yes, I too am allergic to air-borne smells. Ironing some fabrics actually makes me dizzy and clogged up. I did not realize that formaldhyde was used in materials but knew it was in a lot of cosmetics, etc. Thank you for this post for I have learned a lot about what I now need to do. I wash only my cheaper fabrics and always cut a diagnol one inch piece from the corners before washing to prevent a lot of loose threads. But now I will wash even my nicest Thimbleberries. Like so many of you, I take it from dryer a little damp and then iron and fold as if it had just been taken from the bolt.
Thank you svenskaflicka1 for the link to cancer site. I have breast cancer with some recent additional developments so gaining more knowledge is always a good thing. These carcinogens are all around us.