TSCA Title 6
CARB
California Air Resource Board (CARB)
Air Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) 93120
Formaldehyde is produced on a large scale worldwide. One of many uses includes the production of wood binding adhesives and resins. The Air Resource Board (ARB) evaluated formaldehyde exposure in California and found that one major source of exposure is from inhalation of formaldehyde emitted from composite wood products containing urea-formaldehyde resins.
What We're Doing
Even though CARB Phase II is required only in the state of California at this time, we at Jasper Group feel this is a priority across the board. Since 2008, every applicable product made by Jasper Group, regardless of where it’s sold, is CARB compliant. All composite wood products, as applicable, are compliant with CARB Phase II.
While we as a company incur cost to implement and abide by these set standards, the offset of healthcare and wellbeing of society is not even a comparison. We are and have been committed to doing everything possible to achieve the lowest possible level of formaldehyde emissions.
(California) Air Resources Board (ARB)
State law requires ARB to take action to reduce human exposure to all toxic air contaminants. The ARB staff approved an airborne toxic control measure (ATCM) to reduce formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products. ATCM is currently only required for products sold in the state of California. Enforcements include third party certification, statements of compliance, recordkeeping, product labeling, facility inspections and compliance testing.
Results of enforcement equate to emission reductions of 180 tons per year for Phase I or 15% or between 12 to 35 cancer cases reduced and Phase II of 500 tons per year or 40% or between 35 to 97 cancer cases reduced.
TSCA Title VI
TSCA Title VI is the national law that is the same as ATCM 19320. All composite materials comply with this national law.