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Posted on 10/29/2009 4:35:47 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
U.S. Stops Short of Linking Chinese Drywall to Health Problems
By MELANIE TROTTMAN
WASHINGTON -- Federal product-safety regulators stopped short of linking Chinese-made drywall to health problems and metal corrosion, according to people familiar with results of an investigation scheduled to be released later Thursday.
The regulators have determined that sulfur gases emit from Chinese drywall at a higher rate than non-Chinese product, according to the results. But the officials said they need to conduct more studies to determine any connection to health problems or damages.
Federal regulators are expected to caution that the results are early stage and could change. Later Thursday they are to release results from three studies of the drywall investigation, including an indoor air test of 10 homes in Florida and Louisiana. Next month the results of a 50-home indoor-air-testing study will be released.
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How about Obama do something good like sign legislation either banning it’s import or at least making it so people know befor buying where the drywall comes from?
I woke in the middle of the nght with the thought that the compound is not gypsum sulfate. Gypsum is calcium sulfate.
From what I understand the country had run out of wallboard after Katrina so we bought the chinese.
Every house built with it has had major problems. They show the specific damage on the news all the time. It’s for real.
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