Laminate Flooring Not California Compliant

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Laminate flooring not california compliant.

Is lumber liquidators compliant with the california law. Complaints problems with laminate floors. The tv program 60 minutes had reported that flooring superstore lumber liquidators has been producing and selling wood flooring advertised as being compliant with phase 2 of the california air resources board carb regulation california 93120 compliant for formaldehyde when in fact the program has found that it is not. And consider keeping new engineered wood or laminate flooring furniture made with pressed wood and other sources of formaldehyde outside living spaces at least until you cannot smell chemicals.

The wood products are fused together with heat glue and pressure topped with a. The regulation does not apply to the lumber liquidators manufacturing process of or in the finish applied to solid hardwood flooring including bellawood or vinyl flooring. The health effects of formaldehyde a carcinogen can include sore throat cough scratchy eyes nosebleeds and upper respiratory symptoms. Laminate flooring is made from wood products but not from solid wood.

Consumers can determine if the laminate flooring they are purchasing is safe by looking for a label with the california 93120 compliant for formaldehyde or california phase 2 compliant stickers which indicate that products with these stickers meet appropriate guidelines. To label their flooring or their boxes of flooring as having been made with certified compliant composite wood products to keep records to verify that they have purchased compliant products and to inform distributors and retailers that their flooring is compliant with california s current requirements referred to as carb phase 2. California requires flooring manufacturers to pass the carb2 testing for formaldehyde emissions and to label their products as phase 2 compliant. Case 1 39.

Formaldehyde in wood flooring has been a huge topic as of late. Laminate and engineered flooring products sold by lumber liquidators are purchased from mills whose production. The safety of laminate flooring has come under fire in recent months with the 60 minutes story on lumber liquidators and lowe s pulling chinese laminate over formaldehyde concerns at a recent home builder s trade show we were still fielding questions of how to talk about california air resource board carb compliance with customers. Length laminate flooring 15 45 sq.