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Laminate flooring & formaldehyde - PauHana - 03-22-2015
Is your laminate flooring making you sick?
This investigation into Lumber Liquidators probably applies to Chinese laminate flooring purchased from many retailers. It's an eye opener.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lumber-liquidators-linked-to-health-and-safety-violations/
I recently pulled up a laminate floor and the smell was so overwhelming I needed a respirator to enter the room to finish the job.
It is probably most dangerous for children who tend to play on the floor. Apparently there is a way to get it tested, but we just ripped it up and trashed it.
RE: Laminate flooring & formaldehyde - Rob Tucker - 03-23-2015
It's not the laminate. It is the glues used in the particle board substrate.
Look for laminates on cement bonded particle board (CBPB).
RE: Laminate flooring & formaldehyde - salemlampworks - 03-25-2015
I remember years back probably 30 or so .I had kitchen cabinets with the same glue .The remedy was air the kitchen out the formaldehyde
would gas out. Was fine after a few days.
salemlampworks