Bona Announces Partnership With Healthy Child Healthy World

AURORA, Colo., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Bona US, the world leader in hardwood floor cleaning and care since 1919, is pleased to announce that they have become a Trusted Partner of Healthy Child Healthy World, the nation's leading nonprofit inspiring parents to protect children from harmful chemicals. This partnership signifies a mutual commitment in increasing awareness on indoor air quality and reducing children's exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs), toxic chemicals and other pollutants emitted by household products. As part of the collaboration, Bona and Healthy Child will encourage consumers and parents to choose only third-party certified products for their children and homes.

"Indoor air quality is a major concern, particularly for homes with children, as infants take in two to five times more dust than adults, despite their smaller size. Today's consumers are insisting on environmentally healthy products for their homes," said Chad Nordhagen, Bona's Director of Marketing. "Partnering with Healthy Child Healthy World will help us spread the message about the importance of indoor air quality and the health of families as Bona's floor care solutions are pH-neutral, biodegradable, non-toxic and GREENGUARD certified."

According to the EPA, Americans spend over 90 percent of their time indoors, breathing air that can be as much as ten times more polluted than outdoor air. Numerous public health and environmental organizations, including the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the American Lung Association, and the World Health Organization view indoor air pollution as one of the greatest risks to human health. Poor indoor air quality can lead to allergies, asthma, reproductive and developmental problems and cancer.

"Companies like Bona play a critical role in creating and maintaining a healthy home," said Christopher Gavigan, Executive Director of Healthy Child Healthy World. "Our commitment lies in educating parents about products like Bona's that are both safe for your family and effective at cleaning the home."

With superior hardwood floor care products and systems that are safe for floors, families and the environment, Bona contributes to a healthy home by eliminating dust during the sanding process, offering low-VOC hardwood floor finishes and in creating non-toxic, pH-neutral floor care products. Bona's floor care products are GREENGUARD certified for indoor air quality, as well as GREENGUARD's more stringent Children and Schools Program. GREENGUARD, also a partner of Healthy Child Healthy World, is a non-profit, third party organization that tests indoor products for their environmental impact in an effort to improve the air quality consumers breathe. Bona is the first in its industry to carry a full system of hardwood floor finishing and floor care products certified for indoor air quality.

About Bona US

Bona US, the North American subsidiary of Bona AB, Malmo, Sweden, manufactures and distributes complete systems for hardwood floor finishing, including dust containment sanding equipment, abrasives, fillers, stains, sealers, finishes and floor care products.  The Bona Environmental Choice System meets or exceeds all state and federal clean air quality standards, and reflects Bona's commitment to personal health, indoor air quality and the environment.  For more information, please contact Bona US at (800) 872-5515 or www.bona.com.

About Healthy Child Healthy World

Healthy Child Healthy World is a national, nonprofit 501c 3 organization inspiring parents to protect children from harmful chemicals. The organization exists because tens of millions of American children now face chronic diseases and illnesses including cancer, autism, asthma, birth defects, ADD/ADHD, allergies, learning and developmental disabilities, as well as a host of lesser but disruptive ailments. Credible scientific evidence increasingly points to contaminants in our environments and toxic chemicals in everyday products as causing and contributing to many of these diseases. Healthy Child Healthy World empowers parents and others concerned with children's health, advocates for protective corporate policies and government legislation, and expands public awareness to create healthy environments where children and families can flourish. Please visit www.healthychild.org for more information.

SOURCE Bona US

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