The Canadian Parliament will seek to adopt regulations on formaldehyde emissions in composite wood products, such as engineered wood flooring, that are aligned with the United States Environmental Protection Agency standards, according to the Composite Panel Association.
"Following several months of meetings with Health Canada and political stakeholders, a consensus has been finalized on the need for a Canadian regulation on formaldehyde emissions that emulates the new U.S. standard,” said Donal Bisson, CPA senior advisor, in a statement. “This sets in motion a process that, once completed, will establish in Canada the world's most stringent standard for formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products."
The draft resolution is expected to be made public in early 2018.
Previously, in 2015, the Canadian Standards Association published a voluntary formaldehyde emissions standard based on the California Air Resource’s Board’s Airborne Toxic Control Measures standard (CARB).
