Laminate Flooring Formaldehyde 60 Minutes

60 minutes found that lumber liquidators chinese made laminate flooring contains amounts of toxic formaldehyde that may not meet health and safety standards 2015 aug 16 correspondent anderson cooper.
Laminate flooring formaldehyde 60 minutes. Had greater levels than this. This said in testing conducted by 60 minutes in 2015 30 of 31 cartons of laminate purchased in the u s. Some had as much as 13 times these allowable levels. Lately formaldehyde has also been ever present in the news cycle after a 60 minutes report last year that said laminate flooring from lumber liquidators produced in china and sold in the u.
Formaldehyde is in the glues used to bind wood particles together to make the core boards in laminate flooring. Last week 60 minutes reported on high levels of formaldehyde found in tested samples of laminate flooring made in china and sold by lumber liquidators. Some of the flooring emitted more formaldehyde 60 minutes reported than the labs the show s investigators used had ever seen. After the story aired the consumer.
The investigation was prompted by a march 2015 60 minutes report that revealed the company s laminate flooring made in china had higher levels of formaldehyde gas than allowed by law. Will epa s rule address laminate flooring featured in the 60 minutes story. The company stopped selling laminate flooring from china. Tests performed for 60 minutes found levels of formaldehyde in lumber liquidators.
Under the epa rule the flooring that was the subject of the 60 minutes story must be made with composite wood cores or platforms that are certified as compliant with the formaldehyde emission standards.