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Article: Dangerously high formaldehyde levels found
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- April 2, 2008
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Some of the thousands of mobile homes stored
for possible use by disaster victims have formaldehyde levels
rivaling those of housing already deemed unsafe for victims of 2005
hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, test results show.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency test results, obtained
Tuesday by The Associated Press, show that three of 32 mobile homes
tested for use in Arkansas had levels high enough to put possible
residents at an increased risk of cancer and respiratory illnesses.
More than half the homes tested had levels higher than the average
home.
One home offered to Tennessee tested at levels 16 times higher
than the average home.
The more than 7,500 mobile ...