Tile Council: ceramic tile free of formaldehyde and PVC
A Tile Council bulletin, announced at a Coverings press conference and summarized in the association's release, lists ceramic tile as free of VOCs, formaldehyde, and PVC. Formaldehyde, PVC, and VOCs are the indoor-air names on that list. The same list calls the tile hypoallergenic, made of natural ingredients, given a 60-year service life, nonflammable with zero smoke development, and available with slip-resistant options. This note does not add a chemical the bulletin did not name, and it does not report a room test.
The building-code sentence
The release says that because the tile does not burn and does not produce smoke, it inherently meets the flame-spread and smoke-development requirements of Section 803 of the International Building Code for interior wall and ceiling materials. That sentence is about the material class, not about a particular assembly detail.
Where the statements came from
The research scientist named in the release said the short bulletin was drawn from scientific journals and from CDC and EPA documents, and that the sources are listed on the back of the bulletin. This note does not add chemicals the bulletin did not name.
Source
Fetched 2026-10-11 from Tile Council ceramic tile health bulletin. The sentences above follow that page. They are not a contractor promise.
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