Formaldehyde
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How to Manage Indoor Air Quality
Source control, ventilation, dehumidification, and filtration are key to regulating air pollutants such as formaldehyde in our homes
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Mineral Wool Makers Dropping Formaldehyde Binders
Two manufacturers will begin making insulation with ‘no added formaldehyde’ later this year
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Health Risks of Tainted Flooring Were Underestimated
U.S. health authorities say that they miscalculated the risk of cancer from laminated flooring
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Lumber Liquidators Store Goes for LEED Certification
As a federal investigation of its Chinese flooring continues, the company says it has opened its first retail outlet built to LEED standards
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Lowe’s Halts Sales of Some Laminate Flooring
The move follows claims that the retailer was selling flooring with formaldehyde levels that are too high to meet California standards
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More Bad News for Lumber Liquidators
The flooring retailer is offering consumers test kits to check formaldehyde exposure, but a lawsuit alleges that the kits are “inherently unreliable”
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Is Chinese-Made Laminate Flooring Safe?
Tests in California find high levels of formaldehyde in laminate flooring sold by Lumber Liquidators, 60 Minutes reports
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A Vilified Insulation Material From the 1970s Returns
Even though urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI), a.k.a. amino foam, has been out of the spotlight, it’s been going into a lot of buildings
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Belgian Passivhaus is Rendered Uninhabitable by Bad Indoor Air
Inward solar vapor drive and damp earth tubes conspire to ruin an expensive new superinsulated home
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Cabinet Manufacturers Group Supports Federal Formaldehyde Legislation
The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association touts U.S. Senate bill that would adopt California Air Resources Board limitations on formaldehyde emissions from building products
