Category: Toxic Chemical Exposure
Cribs Recalled for Violation of Lead Paint Standard
May 8, 2015 -- Baby’s Dream Furniture has recalled thousands of cribs and furniture pieces because the paint exceeds federal limits on lead. Lead is a toxic chemical that can be absorbed through the skin and ingested on flakes of...
Lumber Liquidators Pulls Chinese-made Floors Off Market
May 7, 2015 -- Lumber Liquidators has announced plans to stop selling Chinese laminate flooring products amid growing concern about toxic levels of formaldehyde. The company said it will suspend sales until it completes a sourcing compliance program, according to...
Texas Lowe’s Flooring Class Action Lawyer
Lowe’s Accused of Selling Toxic Floors May 2015 -- Seeking Alpha has published a concerning analysis suggesting that some flooring products sold by Lowe’s may have too much formaldehyde. Soon after the report was published, Lowe’s pulled Tecsun flooring products...
Texas Lowe’s Flooring Lawyer
Lowe’s, the third-largest home improvement retailer in the United States, has pulled its Tecsun brand of Chinese-made laminate wood flooring off the market over concerns that it might emit toxic levels of formaldehyde. Tecsun Laminate Floor Recall Bloomberg reports that...
Lumber Liquidators Class Action Lawyers File Injunction
April 15, 2015 -- Attorneys who filed a class action accusing Lumber Liquidators of selling unreliable home-testing kits have asked a judge for an injunction to stop the company from misleading customers about the safety of their floors. Law360 reports...
Lumber Liquidators Hit With Shareholder Lawsuit in Virginia
April 14, 2015 -- Lumber Liquidators has been hit with a shareholder lawsuit accusing them of using illegally-sourced wood and knowingly selling laminate floors with dangerous levels of formaldehyde. The lawsuit was filed on March 27 in Virginia. Shareholders say...
Michigan Couple Accuse Lumber Liquidators of Cover-Up
April 8, 2015 -- Lumber Liquidators has been hit with a lawsuit from a couple in Michigan who accuse the company of providing customers with formaldehyde home-test kits that are not from a third party, but from the company itself...
Lumber Liquidators Flooring Recall
Lumber Liquidators has pulled all Chinese-made laminate flooring products off the market. Federal safety officials may demand a recall if tests show dangerous levels of formaldehyde, a carcinogenic chemical. UPDATE: Lumber Liquidators Stops Selling Chinese Laminate Floors May 7, 2015...
Family Wants Lumber Liquidators Flooring Out of Their Home
March 30, 2015 -- Local news ABC 6 spotlighted one case involving a woman from South Carolina who says she and her family got sick after installing flooring from Lumber Liquidators. Jessica Young said her husband installed the flooring in...
New Yorkers File Class Action Against Lumber Liquidators
March 27, 2015 -- A federal class action lawsuit has been filed by four New Yorkers accusing Lumber Liquidators of selling Chinese-made laminate wood floors with dangerous levels of formaldehyde. The New York Post reports that the lawsuit was filed...