What does GREENGUARD Gold certification actually mean for a crib?

GREENGUARD Gold certification indicates a product has been screened for thousands of chemical emissions and VOCs to meet low-emission standards for indoor air. Across the reviewers and parenting communities we read, it is the single most-cited reason buyers choose one crib over another, since babies spend thousands of hours in the crib over several years. Nearly every pick on this list carries that certification, so it's more of a baseline than a tiebreaker among these models.