Emission concerns how safe is vinyl.
Toxic emissions by luxury vinyl flooring.
Different flooring manufacturers use different processes in manufacturing their luxury vinyl flooring.
Vinyl tile flooring is constructed of new or recycled polyvinyl chloride or pvc that is known to be one of the most environmentally hazardous consumer materials that are produced for flooring.
With the groundbreaking 60 minutes report in march 2015 about lumber liquidators misrepresentation of the formaldehyde emissions of its laminate products many questions have arisen about the safety of various flooring products.
There s a growing market for expensive luxury vinyl flooring as well.
100 of vinyl flooring sold by lumber liquidators contained these dangerous chemicals although other flooring retailers were also selling vinyl flooring with high levels of phthalates.
Besides bbp vinyl flooring also contains dioxins which are known to be carcinogenic.
But another concern phthalates in vinyl flooring has also garnered attention since both home depot and lowe s announced that flooring products they sell will be phthalate free by 2016.