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  2. Red List building materials - Wikipedia

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    The Red List and the Living Building Challenge. The Living Building Challenge includes seven performance categories, titled as petals. The red list falls under the materials petal. A building project may not contain any of the Red List chemicals or chemical groups. There is an exception for small components in complex products. [4]

  3. Building insulation material - Wikipedia

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    Any leftover formaldehyde would escape after the mixing. Most states outlawed it in the early 1980s after dangers to building occupants were discovered. However emissions are highest when the urea-formaldehyde is new and decrease over time, so houses that have had urea-formaldehyde within their walls for years or decades do not require remediation.

  4. Formaldehyde - Wikipedia

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    Formaldehyde (/ f ɔːr ˈ m æ l d ɪ h aɪ d / ⓘ for-MAL-di-hide, US also / f ə r-/ ⓘ fər-) (systematic name methanal) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH 2 O and structure H−CHO, more precisely H 2 C=O.

  5. Flooring - Wikipedia

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    The quality of a carpet is usually measured in face weight, or how many fibers there are per square inch. The higher the face weight the more plush a carpet will feel. [3] Carpets come in a variety of materials including wool, nylon, olefin, and polyester. There are different types of carpet like twists, which is commonly referred to as berber.

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  7. 4 Reasons Why Your Carpet Smells and What You Can Do ... - AOL

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    Unlike liquid stains that concentrate in one spot, smoke tends to pervade every inch of your carpet and padding. If you smoke, live with a smoker, or purchased a home that a smoker lived in ...

  8. Volatile organic compound - Wikipedia

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    One study found that VOC concentrations were higher in retail storage spaces compared to the sales areas, particularly formaldehyde. [90] In retail spaces, formaldehyde concentrations ranged from 8.0 to 19.4 µg m −3 compared to 14.2 to 45.0 µg m −3 in storage spaces. [90] Occupational exposure to VOCs also depends on the task.

  9. Sustainable flooring - Wikipedia

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    Handmade Citapore rugs include a wide range of sustainable flooring material as these rugs are generally made from cotton (both virgin and recycled), jute, rayon and cotton chennile. It is also possible to have carpet made completely from recycled polyethylene terephthalate used for food/drink containers. Recycled nylon is also a common ...