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WFB Briefs: Used Power Booster for Sale; USC Pays for Formaldehyde

WFB Editors
Jun 5, 2017

A used Clarke Alto power booster is for sale in New Orleans. See the WFB Classifieds for more information.

USC Flooring Products Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) paid $60,000 to settle a case for importing, distributing and selling laminate flooring in California that contained high formaldehyde. The products were sold between January 2014 and August 2015.

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