On 03/02/2015 7:14 AM, Frank wrote:
On 3/1/2015 9:04 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Anyone watch 60 Minutes tonight? They has a segment about the laminate
flooring that Lumber Liquidators is having made at three plants in
China. It can be made 10% to 15% cheaper if you put in excessive
formaldehyde. It exceeds California limits as much as 20X.
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I saw it too and question in my mind was that, while it fails California
standard, what about US standards?
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CA was also just testing the boards where I would expect the EPA to
sample the indoor air.

I had it on, paid moderate attention...what I thought I heard was that
EPA implemented the CA standards in part, at least, altho didn't try to
get the details particularly.

They also talked about some emissions testing but as noted, that's so
variable based upon the specifics of any installation owing to
circulation, air leakage, etc., etc., etc., as to be of no meaning as a
general rule so didn't pay much attention at all to that part...

The one medical professional indicated in his opinion the higher levels
would definitely have enough outgassing over time in a confined space as
to be a longterm increased risk but again, as is always the case, he
noted there's no way to predict for any given individual a specific
outcome...I didn't hear any risk predictions on means, etc., even, I
presume owing to that they were either so low despite the comparison to
limits or variable or difficult to predict they weren't meaningful so
didn't make any worthwhile sensation factor to help the story--keeping
in mind that they have no story if it isn't sensational in the end...

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