Firms exporting composite wood products or finished goods to the U.S. can use testing laboratory Catas to confirm compliance with new formaldehyde emissions.

EPA regulations of panel formaldehyde emissions have followed a tumultuous path. How, and when, will the new national law impact your business?

American Home Furnishings Alliance called "imprecise and unreliable" the deconstructive testing that produced high formaldehyde emission levels in some Wayfair imported casegoods. The AHFA released test results Jan. 4 it says confirm the safety of furniture containing engineered wood with formaldehyde within CARB permissible levels.

Online furnishings retailer Wayfair says it offers "a zillion things" for the home. What the e-commerce firm doesn't tell you is that some of those items contained high levels of formaldehyde. Nine out of 10 furniture and flooring items submitted to HPVA Laboratories for formaldehyde emissions testing failed to comply with CARB II regulations.

Proposed formaldehyde rules by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have been published in the Federal Register, paving the way for comments by the woodworking industry and other interested parties.

ANSI/BIFMA e3-2012 Furniture Sustainability Standard, modeled after LEED, adds a point for furniture that meets a new, lower formaldehyde emissions limit.

The ANSI/BIFMA e3-2012 Furniture Sustainability Standard now includes an additional point for furniture products that meet a new, lower formaldehyde emissions limit.

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is delaying the enforcement of two sell-through dates that affect distributors, importers, fabricators, and retailers of finished goods made with Phase 1 hardwood plywood - veneer core (HWPW-VC), and distributors of Phase 1 particleboard (PB) and medium density fiberboard (MDF) panels.

SACRAMENTO, CA -- The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is delaying the enforcement of two sell-through dates that affect distributors, importers, fabricators and retailers of finished goods made with Phase 1 hardwood plywood - veneer core (HWPW-VC), and distributors of Phase 1 particleboard (PB) and medium density fiberboard (MDF) panels.

One of the sources of emission for pollutants in living spaces are particleboards glued with adhesives that contain formaldehyde. There is a new method that will now provide another way to reduce these vapors.