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Toxicity in FEMA Trailers Blamed on Cheap Materials, Low Construction Standards

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High levels of formaldehyde found in trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina evacuees on the Gulf Coast probably resulted from cheap wood and poor ventilation in designs used by manufacturers under permissive government standards, federal scientists reported yesterday … Continue Reading »

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