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CBSNews
Lumber Liquidators is the largest and fastest-growing retailer of hardwood flooring in North America, with over 360 stores in 46 states and revenues of more than a billion dollars a year. But hardwood isn't the only product they sell. More than 100 million square feet of the company'scheaper laminate flooring is installed in American homes every year.
Lumber Liquidators is a U.S. company, but much of its laminate flooring ismade in China, and as we discovered during our investigation, may fail to meet health and safety standards, because it contains high levels offormaldehyde, a known cancer causing chemical. Lumber Liquidators insists its Chinese-made laminate flooring is safe, but it doesn't appear that way based on what we learned from our own reporting and from the work of people like Denny Larson.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lumber-liquidators-linked-to-health-and-safety-violations/
New York Times
Installing a new wood floor is usually about aesthetics: brown or black? Glossy or matte?
Now, some Americans and businesses are grappling with another feature:formaldehyde.
Uneasy consumers have flooded state and federal safety agencies with inquiries about Lumber Liquidators, the discount flooring retailer accused in a 60 Minutes episode of selling laminate wood with high levels of formaldehyde, a known carcinogen. Should they rip it out? Leave it in? And what are the dangers to adults, children or even pets?
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CBSNews
Most vinyl flooring contains chemicals called phthalates, many of which have been banned from children's products over concerns of negative health effects. Now, a report released on Wednesday praised Home Depot (HD) as being "far ahead of its competitors" in requiring suppliers to stop using the chemicals.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/home-depot-to-step-selling-vinyl-flooring-with-phthalates/