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ToxicTrailers.com is dedicated to providing information about formaldehyde poisoning, and advocating effective government regulations. The government spent more than $2 billion on FEMA trailers with hazardous levels of formaldehyde, and now has dumped more than 103,000 former FEMA trailers known to be toxic on the market. If you are living in a former FEMA trailer and want a free test for formaldehyde, e-mail nicholas.shapiro@anthro.ox.ac.uk.
The FEMA trailer tragedy exposed what is a widespread problem in RVs, mobile homes, modular buildings and even conventional buildings. If you are having burning eyes, congestion, sore throat, coughing, breathing difficulties, frequent sinus infections or rashes, and difficulties concentrating, you may have a formaldehyde problem. For questions or to share your story, write 4becky@cox.net.
To make a complaint about former FEMA travel trailers being advertised or rented as permanent housing in violation of the sales contract, e-mail david.robbins@gsa.gov.
Plywood made with Soyad, soy-based alternative too formaldehyde glue, is available at Home Depot at no extra cost. For a eco friendly travel trailer built with materials that don't outgas formaldehyde, see http://www.goevergreenrv.com/.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

formaldehyde petition to EPA

Tens of thousands of families have been exposed to toxic levels of formaldehyde in FEMA trailers. The Center for Disease Control and FEMA recently very belatedly admitted how toxic the trailers are, and said they would try to move everyone out of the trailers as soon as possible. The problem is bigger than just FEMA trailers. This just exposed a problem with formaldehyde that has existed in RVs and mobile homes for decades. There are no indoor air standards for formaldehyde, and people are getting exposed to this carcinogenic gas in not just RVs and mobile homes but also offices and regular homes. Formaldehyde is used in adhesives for a wide variety of products including in flooring, doors, cabinets and furniture. There are safer, soybean-based alternatives to formaldehyde and ways that materials which use urea-formaldehyde glues can be cured before being used in people’s homes. Please advocate that all Americans be protected from formaldehyde exposure by signing onto the petition at http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageNavigator/FormaldehydePetition.
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