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Article: SEN. KERRY ASKS FEMA TO TEST TOXIC TRAILERS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 20, 2007
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The office of Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., issued the following news release:
Senator John Kerry wrote to FEMA Administrator David Paulison today, asking that he take immediate steps to ensure that Katrina victims who were evacuated to government trailers and workers living in government trailers are not facing health risks. Kerry's letter follows yesterday's Congressional testimony that revealed that FEMA did not disclose information regarding possible formaldehyde contamination of agency-supplied trailers. FEMA disbursed trailers to 120,000 families with levels of formaldehyde 75 times higher than the maximum allowed for U.S. workers. Formaldehyde is a potentially cancer-causing chemical.