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AHFA develops compliance strategy for new California wood panel regulation.


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 Furnishings Alliance is formulating a compliance strategy to help manufacturers meet the strict requirements in California's new formaldehyde formaldehyde (fôrmăl`dəhīd'), HCHO, the simplest aldehyde. It melts at −92°C;, boils at −21°C;, and is soluble in water, alcohol, and ether; at STP, it is a flammable, poisonous, colorless gas with a suffocating  emissions regulation.

The California Air Resources Board California Air Resources Board (CARB) is the "clean air agency" of the state of California in the United States. Established originally in 1967, it is a part of the California Environmental Protection Agency, an organization which reports directly to the California  (CARB) has described home furnishings containing formaldehyde as a "major source" of indoor air pollution. As part of its enforcement strategy, CARB initially proposed a testing requirement for finished products, forcing all manufacturers to test and label products before they go to market. Reportedly, AHFA AHFA American Home Furnishings Alliance
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 opposed this part of the measure and succeeded in having it removed from the final regulation.

"It is unclear how overseas labs will receive CARB approval and how CARB will monitor their record-keeping," said Bill Perdue Perdue may refer to:
  • Perdue, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Perdue Farms, an American chicken-farming corporation
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, AHFA's vice president of environmental management, health and safety. "AHFA is focusing its efforts on helping furniture manufacturers bridge this gap by identifying a protocol for ensuring their board suppliers are meeting the certification and labeling requirement."
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Date:Jun 1, 2007
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