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Drywall testing backs complaints
 
Federal agencies investigating contaminated Chinese drywall have finally tied the tainted wallboard to corrosion of metals in affected homes, and went further Monday than ever before in potentially associating the material with the health problems residents have been complaining about -- some for a year or longer.
The results of a detailed 51-home study, performed by Needham, Mass.-based Environmental Health & Engineering on behalf of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, found a "strong association" between homes with problematic drywall and the corrosion -- with hydrogen sulfide identified as the specific chemical at the root of the problem.
Tuesday 24 November, 2009 02:21 PM
 
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