Lumber Liquidators Flooring Under Federal Investig

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- A federal investigation into a hardwood flooring company has at least one mountain resident concerned if the flooring in her home has the potential to make her sick.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission began investigating Lumber Liquidators after a 60 Minutes story aired earlier this month.

The report showed tests of Chinese-made laminate sold by the company exceeded California standards for safe formaldehyde levels.

Terri Thompson saw the report and brought a home kit to test the air in her home.

She found the formaldehyde limits in her home were three and a half times higher than the recommended exposure limit.

"I'm concerned about the long-term cumulative effect of breathing in a carcinogenic in a level that this lab is saying is unsafe," Thompson said.

She's also worried about the effects it could have on her dog that has an unexplained growth near her mouth.

"It's just a series of hard nodules on her face," Thompson said.

She can't say whether the flooring is directly to blame for that or some of the health issues she's been experiencing herself, but she does have one request of the company.

"If they chose to import wood that doesn't meet the standards that they're supposed to, I think they need to own up and help people replace the wood, so they don't get sick," she said.

Lumber Liquidators says its flooring is safe and vows to cooperate with the probe.

As for Thompson's case, she says the company told her to use one of its kits to test her home.

_______________
Follow WLOS on social media:

WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/
WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13
WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13

Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1

Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast:
https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast

Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH

For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com
Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch

Have a news tip? Send it directly to us:

Email us: news@wlos.com
Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340
WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.

Видео Lumber Liquidators Flooring Under Federal Investig канала WLOS News 13