But the process actually neutralizes the toxic effects of the formaldehyde, so consumers don't have to worry about poisoning the dog or embalming the dining room table.
Wired elaborates on Procter & Gamble's admittedly cagey "there's no formaldehyde except for that trace amount of formaldehyde" statement by describing the manufacturing process: To make melamine resin (which later becomes melamine foam), manufacturers mix melamine with (wait for it) formaldehyde. Still, not everyone was comforted because Evil Corporation, and today you will still find people who are passionately committed to making sure that no parent anywhere, ever, will ever have clean walls again. In their statement, the company promised there was no actual formaldehyde in the product, though they did say the manufacturing process might leave trace amounts, but don't worry because those trace amounts were generally less than what can be found in air. Don't worry, the rebuttal said, the misunderstanding comes from the presence of the word "formaldehyde" in the product's chemical name, which is melamine-formaldehyde-sodium bisulfite copolymer, or, in layman's terms, the Sponge of Satan.
You know, "the chemical they use to preserve dead people." So the implication was that when you use a Magic Eraser you're basically leaving embalming fluids all over your walls and furniture, and no one wants that. Unsurprisingly, it was Snopes who busted the rumor - they reprinted Procter & Gamble's rebuttal not long after the email made its appearance. Back in 2006, someone started an email-based rumor that Magic Erasers contain formaldehyde.
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