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Post by raphael on Apr 17, 2009 12:29:05 GMT -5
I don't know the real extent of this bad drywall yet but the show I saw the other day implied it was mainly around the Katrina areas. They showed this guys house that wherever there was metal it was corroding/rusting and the owner had that drywall throughout his house. If it could do that to metal it makes you wonder what it could do to you. NEW YORK—Thousands of homes in America could be contaminated from toxic Chinese drywall, making it the latest 'Made in China' scandal.
'This is a disaster of biblical proportions,' said Thomas Martin, president of America's Watchdog, a citizen-based consumer advocacy group. Used in construction, the tainted drywall emits a sulfur gas that mixes with moisture in the air to produce sulfuric acid—a highly corrosive acid found in acid rain.
Many affected houses have a rotten-egg-like smell, metal is turning black, and appliances are failing. Health risks include respiratory system irritation, dizziness, headaches, fatigue, irritated eyes, coronary heart disease, coma, convulsions, and liver damage.
'We've got people in Louisiana who only put four or five sheets [of drywall] in their home and now their whole house has been poisoned,' Martin said. The group set up a Chinese Drywall Complaint Center, and it says it receives about 200 calls a day. www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/15403/
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Post by Fredo on Apr 17, 2009 14:55:34 GMT -5
I've been following this a bit and it seems that the affected area is mostly in Florida with a decreasing instance as you go North and West.
Everyone around here should be in the clear unless they bought a trailer made in florida during the drywall shortage.
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Post by tnwaltz on Apr 17, 2009 17:51:09 GMT -5
we saw that on the news a couple weeks back.
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Post by Fredo on May 6, 2009 22:02:16 GMT -5
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