News tagged with 'Formaldehyde'

This Homeland Security report blames FEMA for taking too long to respond to reports of dangerous formaldehyde in trailers used to house displaced persons from the 2005 hurricanes. Victims were exposed to possible health risks from formaldehyde, which is still found in some homes today. 

Victoria's Secret is getting the kind of exposure it doesn't want. Formaldehyde, the carcinogan, has been found in some bras and women are saying they've experienced skin rashes, hives and scarring.  Fabrics can contain formaldehyde as there are no U.S. restrictions. The bras remain on the shelf. 

It's been nearly three years since Hurricane Katrina forced thousands of residents into mobile homes. FEMA trailers have been evacuated and samples sent to a national laboratory which finds particleboard and plywood as the source of formaldehyde, at rates 4 to 11 times the typical U.S. home. Formaldehyde is used in cheap baby furniture too.

Katrina trailer residents have been displaced again.  The federal government has booted Katrina victims from their “temporary” trailers, partially because of high levels of formaldehyde.  Ironically, they were told the deadline to leave was June 1, this past Sunday, the first day of hurricane season. 

FEMA Halts Trailer Donations and Sales Updated August 2007: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has stopped trailer donations and sales while explores claims that the trailers are making the Katrina and Rita victims sick from over-exposure to formaldehyde . Federal health sci

Slow Response from FEMA for Toxic Trailers Updated July 2007: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been accused of refusing to acknowledge high levels of formaldehyde in trailers that were provided to Hurricane Katrina victims , in a House oversight committee on Thursday, July 19