Lumber Liquidators is refuting claims that it has been deliberately selling laminate flooring in California that exceeds CARB regulations for formaldehyde emissions.
This investigative piece by Canadian televised news magazine 16x9 traces the flow of illegally harvested Russian white oak timber to flooring manufacturers in China and into the homes of North American consumers.
A lawsuit filed against Lumber Liquidators says Chinese-made flooring sold by the company emits formaldehyde at levels far above the level requiring cancer warnings under California law.
he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving stakeholders more time to comment on its proposed Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products, especially those who want a say on how the EPA rule will impact laminated wood products.
The laminate industry, followed by adhesives, are the two largest consumers of melamine formaldehyde, says Transparency Market Research. Global demand should reach $20.62 billion by 2019.
Global demand for the melamine formaldehyde was valued at USD 13.45 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 20.62 billion in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 6.3% between 2013 and 2019
Woodworking manufacturers that use or produce composite panels have until May 8 to submit comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the proposed Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products rule, originally issued June 2013.
A class action suit by Bernstein Liebhard LLP claims Lumber Liquidators inflated its stock prices by failing to disclose CARB and Lacey Act violations to investors.
Bernstein Liebhard LLP today announced that a class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of purchasers of securities of Lumber Liquidators, Inc.