RISK, ENFORCEMENT DEBATED IN ARB WOOD-PRODUCT FORMALDEHYDE RULE

Air board officials and industry representatives are continuing to debate enforcement issues and the risk assessment basis of an evolving control measure to reduce formaldehyde emissions from a variety of composite-wood products. The rule -- the first of its kind in the nation -- has potentially widespread impacts, including that it may be copied by other states looking to reduce indoor pollution. But it also threatens to hurt U.S. industry if enforcement is insufficient to target furniture and other products...