NPR: FEMA Trailers May Be Making Residents Sick

NPR reports:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has started testing FEMA trailers for formaldehyde levels after residents complained about respiratory illnesses, nosebleeds and headaches.

Trailer residents worry the health problems are linked to high levels of formaldehyde in the trailers. Tens of thousands are still living in the trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi, more than two years after Hurricane Katrina wiped out their homes.

Listen here.

Read about the amendment passed by Obama and six other senators that led to investigation and testing of the FEMA trailers here.

Read about Obama’s other work regarding Hurricane Katrina here.

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  1. Jesse Jackson Needs To Blame Media, Not Barack Obama For Neglecting Issues Facing Blacks « Think On These Things Says:
    November 27, 2007 at 5:30 pm

    [...] his extensive work on Hurricane Katrina, including recently working to test FEMA trailers? I appreciate Edwards announcing his candidacy in the Ninth Ward. However, there is no way [...]

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