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Article: Formaldehyde levels high in FEMA trailers, group reports.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- May 18, 2006
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Byline: Sean Gardiner
May 18--Using air-monitoring badges supplied by a Boca Raton company, a national environmental organization found high levels of formaldehyde in trailers supplied by FEMA for those stranded after hurricanes in Mississippi and Louisiana. The Sierra Club announced Wednesday that only two of the 31 FEMA trailers tested in those states were below the formaldehyde air safety limit recommended by the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the American Lung Association, said Chris Smith of the Sierra Club. Smith said he expects further formaldehyde tests will be conducted on FEMA-issued trailers in Mississippi and New Orleans but ...
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