THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: MrAngryFace on February 14, 2008, 06:27:10 PM
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23168160
NEW ORLEANS - More than two years after residents of FEMA trailers deployed along the Mississippi Gulf Coast began complaining of breathing difficulties, nosebleeds and persistent headaches, U.S. health officials announced Thursday that long-awaited government tests found potentially hazardous levels of toxic formaldehyde gas in both travel trailers and mobile homes provided by the agency.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which requested the testing by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said it would work aggressively to relocate all residents of the temporary housing as soon as possible.
Levels of formaldehyde gas in 519 trailer and mobile homes tested by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Louisiana and Mississippi were — on average — about five times what people are exposed to in most modern homes, the CDC reported. In some trailers, the levels were nearly 40 times customary exposure levels, raising fears that residents could suffer respiratory problems and potentially other long-term health effects, it said.
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Conspiracy theorists are going to eat this one up.
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FEMA needs to be fired then maybe just start interviewing again
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FEMA needs to be fired then maybe just start interviewing again
I disagree. FEMA is just another example of government waste. Let private enterprise determine the fate of hurricane survivors. The invisible hand will clean up the Katrina ravaged area by itself. If we got rid of the Department of Education, we wouldn't be in this mess.
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lol