Article: FEMA STUDY: VENTILATING TRAVEL TRAILERS CAN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION LEVELS

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following press release:

The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said today that its study of air samples collected from travel trailers in the Gulf shows that formaldehyde emission levels in the units can be significantly reduced through adequate ventilation.

FEMA initiated the study in response to concerns expressed about formaldehyde in the trailers and because of the high number of the units used as temporary housing following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The objective of the study was to validate the most effective measures for lowering formaldehyde ...

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