President Trump issued an Executive Order over the weekend that freezes all recently published EPA regulations for a 60-day review period.

Flooring manufacturer Lumber Liquidators says it will receive a $100,000 settlement from plaintiffs for costs incurred in defending itself against unproven claims that it failed to provide a formaldehyde warning on its flooring sold in California.

Formaldehyde emissions from wood panel is finally being regulated by the EPA. Here's what furniture manufacturers need to know to help their customers, and to sell products with the highest quality engineered wood components.

Environmental Protection Agency Federal regulations to reduce public exposure to toxic formaldehyde emissions from engineered wood cite Ecovative’s formula for biofabricating MycoBoard panels as and its alternative to traditional manufacturing of particleboard and other composite wood products.

The EPA said it moved to reduce exposure to formaldehyde vapors from engineered wood products produced domestically or imported into the United States. The formaldehyde emission standard is guided by California Air Resources Board, and was mandated by Congress.

Mainstream media coverage on composite panels has failed to recognize the CARB compliance of products manufactured in North America, and the efforts made by the industry in addressing formaldehyde emissions, says CPA President Jackson Morrill. Regulatory enforcement is also needed to ensure a level playing field that keeps non-compliant products out of the marketplace.

Trading on business and consumer fears of formaldehyde exposure, Building Health Check peddles a "How to" take indoor air samples samples for using its Formaldehyde Screen Check available at www.IndoorAirTest.com.

Lumber Liquidator's stock plunged on news that the Center for Disease Control had underestimated cancer risks from the flooring company's laminate floors imported from China.

No glues or bonding agents are used to compose the wooden panels, so there is no risk of harmful emissions releasing into your home, says the Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc., a trade group promoting solid, real, organic wood.

Weighing on the Lumber Liquidator's formaldehyde issues, the Kitchen Cabinets Manufacturers Association provided a perspective piece in this blog. It was posted prior to the CDC's announcement February 22 that it had underestimated in its formaldehyde measurements:On February 10, 2016, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released the results of tests of formaldehyde emissions from imported laminated flooring sold by Lumber Liquidators and the subject of an investigation by CBS’s 60 Minutes, according to a story from KCMA.