Congress names names in FEMA trailer probe

Congressional Democrats for the first time named names Wednesday in their investigation of formaldehyde-contaminated travel trailers provided by FEMA to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, charging that manufacturers knew but did not disclose that the units were emitting high levels of the toxic gas that could sicken inhabitants.

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Kids in Katrina trailers may face lifelong ailments

The anguish of Hurricane Katrina should have ended for Gina Bouffanie and her daughter when they left their FEMA trailer. But with each hospital visit and each labored breath her child takes, the young mother fears it has just begun.

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Excerpt: "Attorney Jim Turner is filing a lawsuit in Washington D.C. mid-day Friday (October 9th) in an urgent effort to halt the distribution of the swine flu vaccine in America. On behalf of plaintiffs Dr.

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It appears that the majority of U.S.

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Parents are being prompted into signing vaccination permission slips. Schools will send permission slips home with students as soon as they receive them from the Oklahoma City-County Health Department, she said.

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A fire brigade sent 18 officers, three engines and a specialist equipment unit to clean up a broken jar containing a pickled chameleon in formaldehyde.

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A fire brigade sent 18 officers, three engines and a specialist equipment unit to clean up after a jar containing a pickled chameleon fell off a shelf and broke.

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The secret is out for one of the world's most recognizable lingerie brands, according to a potential class action lawsuit in which consumers claim they've experienced very uncomfortable symptoms, like rashes, hives and permanent scarring from Victoria's Secret bras. Attorneys ar …

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New Zealand's efforts in this are an inspiration to consumer protectionists all over the world!

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This is insane. That formaldehyde is dangerous.

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The U.S. government has plenty of reasons to move hundreds of families out of emergency trailers they have occupied since Hurricane Katrina: the start of a new hurricane season, concerns about toxic fumes and the need for residents to find permanent homes.

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Doctors...fear [15-month-old Lexi] is among tens of thousands of youngsters who may face lifelong health problems because the temporary housing supplied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency contained formaldehyde fumes up to five times the safe level.

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Australia's biggest building union is calling for the Federal Government to start an urgent large-scale investigation into the use of formaldehyde in household products. It says formaldehyde is as dangerous as asbestos and should be subject to stringent laws.

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Working with formaldehyde may increase the likelihood of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a researcher said here, but pesticides were exonerated as a factor.

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WASHINGTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which supplied about 120,000 travel trailers to hurricane victims in 2005, is expected to be named as a co-defendant in a massive lawsuit against manufacturers charging the units had dangerous levels of formaldehyde.

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Federal officials issued trailers to Hurricane Katrina victims even though some workplace safety tests detected high levels of formaldehyde at government staging areas for the structures just weeks after the storm, a lawyer for hundreds of occupants said Wednesday.

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ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde fumes.

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Democratic leaders of a House science subcommittee alleged yesterday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency manipulated scientific research into the potential danger posed by a toxic gas emitted in trailers still housing tens of thousands of survivors of hurricanes Katrina  …

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CBS News has learned that the Centers for Disease Control, the nation's top public health agency, suppressed repeated warnings from one of its top scientists, raising questions about whether the CDC bowed to pressure from FEMA to conceal the long-term health risks of formaldehyde …

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NEW ORLEANS - The Federal Emergency Management Agency, responding to concerns about formaldehyde in trailers issued to hurricane survivors, said Thursday that it would offer refunds to people who bought them after their initial use.

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Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) of the Philippines has tagged 11 food products from China, including candy and luncheon meat products, as containing formaldehyde.

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The Museum of Forensic Medicine, where this elephantiasis-swollen body part is to be found, is hidden in a back block of the Siriraj Hospital.

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Washington - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced in August 2007 that it had suspended the installation, sale, transfer, and donation of emergency-housing trailers until concerns over high levels of formaldehyde can be investigated.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced yesterday that it will allow 60,000 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina and now living in FEMA-provided trailers on the Gulf Coast to move into hotel or motel rooms if they are concerned about formaldehyde gas in their trailer …

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Suspicion, confusion and frustration have greeted FEMA's announcements in recent weeks.

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A New Zealand boy suffered third-degree burns after his Chinese-made pajamas, a brand recalled for containing 500-900 times the safe levels of formaldehyde, caught fire after he sat near a gas heater.

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