ATSDR and CDC Studied Possible Health Effects

What

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) recently supported an investigation led by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to determine possible health effects associated with formaldehyde in select laminate wood flooring products.

The results of the investigation have been published on ATSDR’s website in a report titled “Possible Health Implications from Exposure to Formaldehyde Emitted from Laminate Flooring Samples Tested by the Consumer Products Safety Commission”.

Where

The full report is available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/laminateflooring/default.html

Background

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) were requested by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to evaluate possible health effects from formaldehyde released into indoor air from specific types of laminate flooring made in China between 2012 and 2014 and sold at Lumber Liquidators® stores in the United States.

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ATSDR, a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, evaluates the potential for adverse human health effects due to exposure to hazardous substances in the environment.