The Centers for Disease Con trol and Prevention (CDC) said last week that the flooring, which was tested for formaldehyde, was found to have a three times higher risk of causing cancer than ...

CDC released new report on formaldehyde levels in the flooring. — -- A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put the spotlight again on some flooring sold by ...

the CDC launched an investigation last year into whether certain laminate flooring products sourced from China and sold by Lumber Liquidators could pose a risk to human health due to elevated ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says people exposed to certain types of laminate flooring from ... predicted. The CDC said that in its original ...

Lumber Liquidators, the largest U.S. hardwood-flooring specialty retailer, reported another rough quarter of financial results Monday as it seeks to recover from claims it sold Chinese-made ...

The CDC report noted that exposure to formaldehyde contained in the flooring was higher than original calculated, increasing the cancer risk by about three times from an earlier version of the report.

The CDC had said on Feb. 10 that formaldehyde levels in select versions of the company's laminate flooring could cause two to nine cancer cases per 100,000 people. The new estimate is six to ...