User:Kmd1040/Urea-formaldehyde/BiologyBarbie Peer Review

General info
Kmd1040
 * Whose work are you reviewing?


 * Link to draft you're reviewing:User:Kmd1040/Urea-formaldehyde - Wikipedia
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists):Urea-formaldehyde - Wikipedia

Evaluate the drafted changes
"Urea-formaldehyde is widely utilized because of its inexpensive cost, quick reaction time, high water solubility, colorless, and resistance to abrasion and microbes."

This sentence while it may be true is written in a way that feels slightly biased. I feel that if you take out because, it will seem less biased. Potentially change "because" to "due to". The word "colorless" also sticks out and does not flow with the rest of the sentence, consider moving the word or changing "colorless" to "lack of color" to help the sentence flow better.

"Emissions from UF-based fertilizer application have been found to temporarily increase localized atmospheric formaldehyde concentration and contribute to tropospheric ozone."

I would remove "application" to make the sentence more straight forward and less arguable.

"Application of UF fertilizers in greenhouses was also found to cause significantly higher formaldehyde concentrations in the inside air of the building."

I would avoid writing in the past tense, as Urea-Formaldehyde is something that very much still exists, so I would remove the word "was" and change it to "is". The order of words "inside air of the building" also seems rather clunky, I would try to figure out a way to reword that to make the sentence flow better and sound more like a fact.

"Exposure to higher humidity and higher temperatures can both significantly increase the amount of formaldehyde emissions from UF products, such as panel boards."

I like this sentence, I just wish you would explain panel boards, or perhaps elaborate on why panel boards have UF as a product within it. I think this could be a great expansion opportunity.

"Formaldehydes can have moderately toxic effects on aquatic life, and certain levels of formaldehydes can kill some species of fish and crustaceans, such as the white cloud mountain minnow."

This sentence needs for the level of the formaldehyde to be stated, otherwise that part of the sentence needs to be removed and explain why you focused in on the white cloud mountain minnow or find a reference for why that specific organism is so important. Is it endangered, vulnerable, vital for a specific ecosystem?

"Due to concerns of free formaldehyde emissions and environmental pollution from urea-formaldehyde products, there have been effective efforts to lower the formaldehyde content in UF resins."

What have the effective efforts been? This sentence really provides no information and can be cut out unless you want to expand on it.

Overall, great job finding and adding information and amazing job with adding all of your references! You are doing amazing!!