US formaldehyde act for composite wood
US formaldehyde regulation
US congress released a regulation on formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products, the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act, for:
- Hardwood Plywood (Veneer or Composite core)
- Particleboard
- Medium Density Fiberboard
Both composite wood panels and down-stream products containing such panels are involved, such as wooden flooring, furniture and more.
The regulation is complex, therefore here is a number of valuable links to more information:
This expands the California CARB on formaldehyde emissions from composite wood (ATCM 93120) to the whole USA.
Details of implementation of the new act still need to be established by US administration.
The related shall be performed in large-scale test chambers (ASTM E1333), or in mid-scale test chambers (ASTM D6007) that are calibrated against an approved large-scale test chamber. Testing is performed at 25 °C which is in contrast to emissions testing in most other parts of the world (where 23 °C is the temperature at test). That is the reason why Eurofins does not offer these tests, at present our test chambers are running at 23 °C only. Eurofins recommends using the CARB approved Third-Party Certifier Scientific Certification Systems SCS, California.
Contact to VOC Testing Laboratories
Please see here contact information of Eurofins VOC testing laboratories in Europe, USA and China:
www.eurofins.com/voc-contacts.
Order forms and testing request forms are available for free download here.