Gao Yukang (left) with his daughter Gao Zhaoruoyi (right), who was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2017, at Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan, southwest China. A doctor suspects formaldehyde in building materials and furniture used in home renovations is causing cancer in children.
Chemical in home renovations linked to child leukaemia, lymphoma cases in China; more than 70 per cent come from homes recently renovated, doctor says
- Formaldehyde, widely used in building materials and furniture, suspected by doctor as cause of rising admissions of children with blood cancers at top hospital
- Children at the hospital in Sichuan require years of treatment that can leave families deep in debt; only 70 per cent will make a full recovery
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Gao Yukang (left) with his daughter Gao Zhaoruoyi (right), who was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2017, at Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan, southwest China. A doctor suspects formaldehyde in building materials and furniture used in home renovations is causing cancer in children.
