Unsafe FEMA Trailers
July 20th, 2007
The Washington Post is reporting today that FEMA has suppressed reports of toxic levels of formaldehyde in FEMA trailers set up after Katrina. The reports come out of work done by the Sierra Club since 2006. Data suggests that levels reached 75 times beyond what the law considers the maximum safe level to be for workers.
FEMA has subsequently resisted calls for testing of more trailers. Approximately 120,000 families live in these units.
One man was found dead in a trailer in Slidell, Louisiana. He had complained earlier about fumes.
The Office of General Counsel “has advised that we do not do testing, which would imply FEMA’s ownership of this issue.”
abu ameerah
July 20, 2007
There wes a Congressional hearing or SubCommittee that looked into this isse and took testimony of NoLA residents who not only survived Katrina … but also managed to survive FEMA’s trailers.
Beyond the serious health concerns raised by the use of FEMA trailers that reek of formaldehyde (a know carcinogen) … there is also the fact of Government waste.
FEMA trailers cost approx. $65,000 (formaldehyde included). While, larger and more moder trailers (minus deadly formaldehyde) can cost up to $10,000 LESS!