List of Lumber Liquidators Laminate Flooring Products Containing Elevated Levels of FormaldehydeMarch 6, 2015 at 12:52pmThe purpose of this document is to make a public repository of Lumber Liquidators laminate flooring products that have been tested and shown to contain elevated levels of formaldehyde.  If you have had your Lumber Liquidators laminate flooring tested by a licensed environmental consultant or independent laboratory, please contact us or comment below to share your results with the rest of our Facebook followers./ll-products-tested/IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS ONLY A LIST OF PRODUCTS THAT WERE TESTED BY THE TEST TEAM AT 60 MINUTES.  THE TEAM ONLY TESTED A HANDFUL OF PRODUCTS.  THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW IF YOUR LAMINATE FLOORING IS SAFE IS TO HAVE IT TESTED.  AS WE RECEIVE TEST RESULTS BACK FROM OUR LAW FIRMS CLIENTS, WE WILL UPDATE THIS LIST ACCORDINGLY.8 mm Dream Home Nirvana French Oak Laminate Flooring8 mm Dream Home Nirvana Royal Mahogany Laminate Flooring12 mm Dream Home Ispiri Americas Mission Olive Laminate Flooring12 mm Dream Home Ispiri Poplar Forest Oak Laminate Flooring12 mm Dream Home Kensington Manor Antique Bamboo Laminate Flooring12 mm Dream Home Kensington Manor Cape Doctor Laminate Flooring12 mm Dream Home Kensington Manor Fumed African Ironwood Laminate Flooring12 mm

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Dream Home St. James Sky Lakes Pine Laminate FlooringLumber Liquidators LawsuitEmbed PostEclipse T ShirtGirard Gibbs LLP has filed three federal class action lawsuits against Lumber Liquidators alleging the company deceived consumers when it manufactured and sold laminate wood flooring that emits potentially harmful amounts of noxious formaldehyde gas. The lawsuits were filed following a 60 Minutes report exposing the results of formaldehyde testing performed on the company’s Chinese-made laminate flooring. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on February 22, 2016 that it previously miscalculated the amount of formaldehyde emitted from some of Lumber Liquidators’ laminated flooring products. The CDC stated that the risk of cancer from this formaldehyde emission is three times higher than it previously estimated. The CDC previously announced that the risk of cancer presented by the Lumber Liquidators products was two to nine cases per 100,000 people.

The CDC now believes that the risk is six to 30 cases per 100,000 people. The CDC strongly recommends that customers who purchased Lumber Liquidators’ laminated flooring take steps to reduce exposure. Its fundamental recommendations to customers of these products remain the same: to open windows, use exhaust fans, and avoid smoking in the home, among other things. It released a flyer outlining general health issues and solutions related to the flooring. If you’ve purchased laminate wood flooring from Lumber Liquidators and are concerned about formaldehyde levels in your home, you may be eligible to participate in a class action lawsuit. Contact our class action attorneys at (800) 254-9493 for more information and for a free consultation. Certified laboratory testing performed on laminate wood flooring purchased from Lumber Liquidators locations in Virginia, Florida, Texas, Illinois, and New York revealed levels of formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, that exceed those permitted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products Act, which will take effect nationwide this year.

According to this testing, certain laminate flooring samples contained up to 20 times the legal level of formaldehyde. The 60 Minutes report indicates that these extreme levels of formaldehyde raised concern among laboratory employees, who suspected that their testing equipment may be faulty. On May 7, 2015, the Wall Street Journal reported that “Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. is pulling all of its Chinese-made laminate flooring and has brought on a former Federal Bureau of Investigation director to review its sourcing procedures amid widespread concern over the safety of its products.” Despite Lumber Liquidators’ “Quality Guarantee” indicating that its “flooring meets or exceeds rigorous emissions standards such as California CARB,” it is illegal to sell the company’s Chinese-made laminate flooring in California, where environmental emissions standards are particularly stringent. The following types of Lumber Liquidators lumber may contain excessive and illegal amounts of formaldehyde:

Other types of Chinese-made laminate sold at Lumber Liquidators may also be affected. 60 Minutes has reported that Lumber Liquidators has made large profits from the illegal sale of its potentially dangerous flooring products. It is estimated that producing laminate flooring tainted with formaldehyde and which is not CARB-compliant cuts manufacturing costs by up to 15%, an enormous margin for a company of its scale. In 2013, Lumber Liquidators’ stock price nearly doubled. At present, Lumber Liquidators is the largest and fastest-growing retailer of hardwood flooring in North America. The company has sold approximately $200 million or more in laminate wood flooring products annually since 2012. Following news of its formaldehyde-containing flooring, however, LL stock plummeted 25%. According to news reports formaldehyde is a known cancer-causing chemical linked to the development of leukemia; nasopharyngeal cancer (cancer of the upper portion of the throat); change in lung function;

and eye, nose, and throat irritation. 60 Minutes has reported that the danger of formaldehyde in flooring products is particularly acute, as the chemicals escape from laminate wood and permeate the air in rooms and entire homes, creating polluted indoor conditions as per the Environmental Protection Agency. Though the formaldehyde-containing laminate flooring may not produce symptoms in everyone, it will produce the most severe symptoms in children according to 60 Minutes. A certain amount of formaldehyde is present and legally permissible in laminate flooring manufactured by Lumber Liquidators in America, and by other companies. Laminate wood flooring is a cheaper alternative to hardwood flooring, and is manufactured by binding wood particles together with glue often containing formaldehyde, and then covering the particles with a layer of protective laminate. News reports have stated that the layer of laminate may prevent a certain amount of formaldehyde from escaping from the wood and into the environment.