Toxic Emissions By Luxury Vinyl Flooring

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Toxic emissions by luxury vinyl flooring.

Emission concerns how safe is vinyl. Some manufacturers prioritize using a high proportion of post consumer recycled content in their flooring tiles and others prioritize the durability that comes with using only 100 virgin vinyl. There s a growing market for expensive luxury vinyl flooring as well. 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.

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. Different flooring manufacturers use different processes in manufacturing their luxury vinyl flooring. 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.