Occ-Env-Med-L CDC Suppressed Toxic Trailer Warnings

[Guest guest]

As the stomach churns…. This story was mentioned on the IAQ !

listserve.

CBS News

Jan. 28, 2008

CDC Suppressed Toxic Trailer Warnings

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/28/cbsnews_investigates/main37

61948.shtml

I wasn't able to locate a specific response from CDC regarding the

media report, however I did find several press releases from FEMA

responding to the CBS media report:

US DHS, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Press Release -- January 29, 2008

Unfounded: Assertions That FEMA Ignored or Manipulated Formaldehyde

Research

http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=42413

Press Release -- January 28, 2008

FEMA's Response To Allegations Of Suppressed Or Influenced

Formaldehyde Reports

http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=42402

Regards,

Tim Wallace, RS, CEHP

Florida Department of Health - Division of Environmental Health

Tallahassee, FL