CDC Issues Revised Report on LL High-Formaldehyde Laminate

Washington, DC, March 24, 2016—The National Center for Environmental Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has issued a revised report on the dangers of exposure to laminate flooring with high levels of formaldehyde produced in China and sold by Lumber Liquidators.

According to the revised report, "… irritation and breathing problems could occur in everyone exposed to formaldehyde in the tested laminate flooring, not just in sensitive groups. The report also increased the estimated lifetime cancer risk from breathing the highest levels of formaldehyde from the affected flooring all day, every day for two years. The lifetime cancer risk increased from the previous estimate of two to nine extra cases for every 100,000 people to between six and 30 extra cases per 100,000 people."