Symptoms From Laminate Flooring

Lumber liquidators recall to test program involves only laminate flooring the company sourced from china and sold between february 2012 and may 2015 when the company stopped selling it.

Symptoms from laminate flooring. The wood products are fused together with heat glue and pressure topped with a photograph that closely resembles the look. Genevieve brauning a family practitioner with novant health in charlotte north carolina. Laminate looks like hardwood but is actually made of several layers of materials including wood fibers and a photographic image of wood that gives it the appearance of hardwood flooring. Laminate flooring is made using adhesives and that is why it releases formaldehyde gas which could be toxic to you kids and even pets.

According to the consumer product and safety commission formaldehyde is a colorless reactive gas used in many consumer products including hair and fingernail products flooring and furniture acute exposure to formaldehyde can cause coughing wheezing and asthma like symptoms says dr. Most laminate products off gas for about 10 years but some brands have a very low level of the toxic gas that is considered safe for flooring. When the results come in you can talk with the professional about what to do next. If you re having symptoms of formaldehyde exposure that go away when you leave your house professional air testing may be a good idea.

Cdc atsdr also recommends that residents should see a doctor trained in environmental medicine if they begin to experience symptoms or discomfort after the installation of new laminate flooring or any product manufactured with formaldehyde to determine if their symptoms are related to indoor air quality. While laminate flooring from home depot and lowes had acceptable levels of formaldehyde as did lumber liquidators american made laminates every single sample of chinese made laminate flooring. Report looks at risks from formaldehyde in products made in china. Exposure to the range of modeled levels of formaldehyde in indoor air could cause increased symptoms and other respiratory issues for people with asthma and copd chronic obstructive pulmonary disease the phrase range of modeled levels means the scientists created a sample of exposure based on a house with laminate flooring.