U.S. high formaldehyde toxic floor shocked the country is "Made in China"

(Xinhua) -- On March 1, 2015, CBS News' "60 Minutes" revealed that the composite floor formaldehyde produced by the largest U.S. company, Lumber Liquidators Flooring Company ,Lumber Liquidators, in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, was seriously exceeded. According to the survey, ALL of LL's Chinese-made composite wood flooring exceeds the formaldehyde standard in California by 6-7 times. After the incident came to light, the manufacturer's stock plunged 24%. Penny Larson of the non-profit environmental group and Richard Drury, an environmental lawyer, have filed a lawsuit against LL, asking it to remove all substandard composite wood floors.
, LL is the largest and fastest growing solidwood flooring retailer in North America, with annual turnover of more than $1 billion and 360 stores in 46 U.S. states. But they don't just sell solid wood, they sell more than a billion square feet of cheap laminate flooring each year, installed in thousands of American homes, and most of the company's laminate flooring is made in China.
Larson of the Environmental Protection Agency and Richard Drury, an environmental lawyer, said he purchased more than 150 boxes of laminate flooring in a California retail store and expected it to be tested by three accredited laboratories. It was found that all Chinese-made composite wood floors exceeded formaldehyde standards by 6-7 times, and some even exceeded licensing standards by nearly 20 times. "The numbers are so high that some labs think their machines are broken."
According to 60 Minutes, during an undercover investigation at three flooring plants in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, the team's investigators admitted that they used core plates made of high formaldehyde, reducing costs by 10 to 15 percent. The manager of one plant even made no secret of the fact that the "CARB2" phase standard label was false and that the planks labeled "CARB2" did not actually meet that standard. They can offer products that meet U.S. formaldehyde standards, but at much higher prices.
it is well known that formaldehyde is a highly carcinogenic chemical. High concentrations of formaldehyde can lead to leukemia and nasopharyngeal cancer; Low levels of formaldehyde can cause eye, nasal and respiratory infections. "Toxic floor" such a outrageous excess index, can not help but be outrageous.
to the incident, LL responded by saying it guaranteed that every floor sold met safety standards, claiming it was just a small group of short investor victims.
report, experts noted that some U.S. manufacturers are not doing everything they can to ensure product quality and safety, and are not self-insured in the event of a problem.
98 per cent of cases, when there is a product problem on the Chinese side, the vast majority of the blame goes to US companies," says Dan Harris, a lawyer and editor-in-chief of the China Law Blog. "
and when China's manufacturing industry is rising, the "poison floor" incident may trigger people's attention and discussion about China's manufacturing problems. This event in China's flooring industry credit degree of what impact, flooring products will face the export of what domestic and foreign situations, flooring enterprises how to deal with this "floor storm"?