CDC Reports that FEMA Trailers Are Toxic

[Guest guest]

Imagine that, the CDC says the trailers have " toxic formaldehyde " ,

but when we use the term " toxic mold " , which most people can

understand, every critic in the world starts jumping up and down

screaming " there is no such thing a toxic mold. " Again with the word

games. grrrr.

CDC Reports that FEMA Trailers Are Toxic

InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL*

June 11, 2008

Category: Toxic Substances

Tags: FEMA trailers, formaldehyde, toxic injury

Posted by: Jeff Rasansky

http://dallas.injuryboard.com/toxic-substances/cdc-reports-that-fema-

trailers-are-toxic.aspx?googleid=241568

It's been two years since residents of the FEMA trailers along the

Mississippi Gulf Coast began reporting a myriad of health problems.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Thursday that

government tests confirmed the presence of toxic formaldehyde in

travel trailers and mobile homes provided by the agency.

FEMA has been trying to relocate all of the residents of the

trailers as soon as possible due to the hazardous chemicals being

present.

The levels of formaldehyde gas in mobile homes in Louisiana and

Mississippi were five times what people are exposed to in modern

homes. As the summer heat rapidly approaches, the gas levels will

only be raised.

Currently there are around 114,000 individuals living in FEMA-

provided mobile homes and trailers.

[Guest guest]

Well the CDC's hand was forced. They ignored it as long as they

possibly could, and one reason they were forced is there were so many

trailers in one place after the disaster of Katrina that it could not

be epidemiologically ignored. The mold problems are due to all kinds

of construction issues all over the place, and so it is not as coherent.

>

> Imagine that, the CDC says the trailers have " toxic formaldehyde " ,

> but when we use the term " toxic mold " , which most people can

> understand, every critic in the world starts jumping up and down

> screaming " there is no such thing a toxic mold. " Again with the word

> games. grrrr.

>

> CDC Reports that FEMA Trailers Are Toxic

> InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL*

> June 11, 2008

> Category: Toxic Substances

> Tags: FEMA trailers, formaldehyde, toxic injury

> Posted by: Jeff Rasansky

>

>

>

> http://dallas.injuryboard.com/toxic-substances/cdc-reports-that-fema-

> trailers-are-toxic.aspx?googleid=241568

>

> It's been two years since residents of the FEMA trailers along the

> Mississippi Gulf Coast began reporting a myriad of health problems.

> The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Thursday that

> government tests confirmed the presence of toxic formaldehyde in

> travel trailers and mobile homes provided by the agency.

>

> FEMA has been trying to relocate all of the residents of the

> trailers as soon as possible due to the hazardous chemicals being

> present.

>

> The levels of formaldehyde gas in mobile homes in Louisiana and

> Mississippi were five times what people are exposed to in modern

> homes. As the summer heat rapidly approaches, the gas levels will

> only be raised.

>

> Currently there are around 114,000 individuals living in FEMA-

> provided mobile homes and trailers.

>

[Guest guest]

It must be awful living in a trailer with formaldehyde toxins.

Formaldehyde makes my heart race and I feel anxious--almost manic. llaci