After 60 minutes discovered excessive amounts of formaldehyde in lumber liquidators laminate flooring flooring products made in china became even more questionable because of their effects on humans and the environment.
Vinyl flooring not made in china.
It s important to choose a non toxic finish when installing new flooring.
There are a lot of great reasons to buy usa made flooring.
Only certain types of laminate flooring made in china and that were sold in the u s.
Hardwood is not to be confused with laminate flooring which was called out in a 60 minutes story back in march 2015.
Locating flooring products made in the usa has become a focus of many buyers.
In fact tests done by the hardwood plywood and veneer association found high levels of formaldehyde in flooring that was made in china and sold in north america.
Based in dalton georgia usfloors was founded in 2001 as an importer marketer of environmentally responsible flooring products but added a u s.
During 2012 2014 by lumber liquidators were evaluated by cdc and atsdr.
More information is available in cdc atsdr s report.
Don t sweat over checking for the made in china label we ve got all the right brands here for you.
First off when you buy usa made flooring you re supporting local businesses.
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Other laminate flooring made in china were not evaluated.
The luxury vinyl flooring made by the usfloors.
Those purchasing overseas flooring cannot be guaranteed the product has not been chemically treated or that it is free of contaminants that can be harmful to one s health.
To make it easy to find carpet vinyl flooring ceramic tile floor mats and ceiling products which satisfy this requirement we have compiled this list.
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.
These options are available on our gsa contract gs 07f 0429j and gs 27f 0034r.
True hardwood flooring is made from solid wood harvested from trees.
Manufacturing plant in 2008 and a china plant in 2013 where they manufacture cork bamboo fsc certified hardwood and luxury vinyl flooring products.