Monday, April 5, 2010

Chinese Made Drywalls are Poisoness

According to Reuters the Boston Globe reported today that thousand of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall should be gutted, according to new guidelines release yesterday by the Consumer Product Safety Comission.
The guidelines say that electrical wiring, outlets, circut breakers, fire alarm systems, carbon monoxide alarms, fire sprinklers, gas pipes, and dry wall need to be removed.
They go on to state; "We want families to tear it all out and rebuild the interiors of their homes, and they need to start this to get their lives started all over again", said Inez Tenenbaum, Chairwoman of the Comission, the Federal agency charged with making sure that consumer products are safe.
About 3,000 homowners in Florida,Virginia,Missippi, Alabama, and Louisiana have reported problems with the drywall imported from China during the housing boomand after the string of Gulf Coast hurricanes. The drywall has been linked to corrosion of wiring, air conditiong units, computers, door knobs and jewelry along with possible health effects.

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