Guest Author - Kristen Baker

One of the newest cleaning products to hit the shelves this past year was the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. I am not here to give a product review but I have to say that I use this product and I think it does an amazing job and have used it pretty much in every room in the house at one time or another. I had no clue that this wonderful product contained formaldehyde!!! Or does it?

One of my friends forwarded me the following email:
Subject: IF YOU ARE USING MR. CLEAN MAGIC ERASERS....STOP!
IF YOU ARE USING MR. CLEAN MAGIC ERASERS....STOP!
HI EVERYONE,
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I AM A HUGE FAN OF MAGIC ERASERS..... HOWEVER, I HAVE A FRIEND THAT TOOK ENGINEERING IN SCHOOL AND HE NOW WORKS FOR A HUGE COMPANY IN HALIFAX AND THEY GET THE HEADS UP ABOUT PRODUCTS BEFORE ANYONE ELSE. WELL HE CALLED ME LAST NIGHT AND SAID THAT I HAVE TO STOP USING THE MAGIC ERASERS AND THAT THEY ARE SLOWLY BEING BANNED FROM ALL STORES BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN THE INGREDIENT FORMALDEHYDE. YES THE CHEMICAL THEY USE TO PRESERVE DEAD PEOPLE. IT IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS TO YOUNG CHILDREN AND CAN BE HARMFUL TO YOURSELF, SO PLEASE IF YOU ARE USING THEM, THROW THEM AWAY, DON'T BUY THEM ANYMORE AND PLEASE SEND THIS ON TO ANYONE WHOM YOU THINK MIGHT USE THEM, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.
THANKS

Procter and Gamble the manufacturers of the “Mr. Clean Eraser” state on their site that formaldehyde is not and has never been included in the make up of this cleaning product. They also state that this product is actually non-toxic.

The magic erasers are safe to use and the email above is nothing but a hoax. There is however one thing that is true about the above email and that is that the author needs a lesson in Netiquette because it is not polite to type in all capitals.