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Article: Furniture guilty until proven innocent in California. (a view of Californian legislation which means that health warnings have to be placed next to furniture containing formaldehyde) (editorial)
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- Wood & Wood Products
- Article date:
- April 1, 1991
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1991 Vance Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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FURNITURE GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT IN CALIFORNIA
Being coerced to post cancer warnings near furniture displays might be viewed as bad for business. Yet, rather than fight a private attorney's challenge to do just that, many major California retailers recently began displaying signs stating, "WARNING: Products made with particleboard contain chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer or other reproductive harm."
The chief suspect in this case is formaldehyde, which is the principal chemical for resins used in the manufacture of not only particleboard, but also MDF, plywood, and other man-made substrates. Formaldehyde is one of more than 90 ...