Chinese Drywall Toxic?

JUPITER — What do environmental laboratories, building contractors, chemical manufacturers and air quality technicians all have in common? All these businesses are hoping to be the ones to come up with a million-dollar answer that will solve the tainted Chinese drywall problem and to secure a share of the potentially lucrative remediation of thousands of [...]

The problems with Darryl Ledet’s new house in Prairieville started just a few months after he moved in. The bathroom mirrors grew foggy, and it became hard to make out a reflection. Not long afterward, he says, the central air unit’s evaporator coils failed. Then, according to Ledet, his wife and 4-year-old daughter began having [...]

Miami-Dade County Circuit Court Judge Gill S. Freeman has ordered a Sept. 14 hearing to determine if a class action can be certified for homeowners with Chinese drywall in the Keys Gate subdivision in Homestead. The plaintiffs’ homes were constructed with what they allege was defective Chinese drywall. South Kendall Construction Corp., built the homes. [...]

Major signs that a house has a Chinese drywall problem are a sulfurlike odor and a sooty coating on uninsulated copper pipes leading to the air-conditioning’s air-handling unit, according to the state Department of Health and Hospitals. Another early indication is the failure of the copper evaporator coils in the central air unit. Claudette Reichel, [...]

If a whole building can fall due to Chinese sub-standard materials just imagine what they sell to the rest of the world!  Chinese drywall is going to be the least of our worries. HONG KONG (Reuters) – A 13-story residential building under construction in Shanghai collapsed on Saturday, killing one worker and highlighting the dangers [...]

Chinese regulators have sent representatives to the United States to investigate the growing problem of the tainted Chinese drywall that is wreaking havoc in homes in Florida and other states. Two experts with China’s General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine — known as AQSIQ — arrived in the U.S. the week of June [...]

Chinese regulators have sent representatives to the United States to investigate the growing problem of the tainted Chinese drywall that is wreaking havoc in homes in Florida and other states. Two experts with China’s General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine — known as AQSIQ — arrived in the U.S. the week of June [...]

As builders continue to gut Chinese drywall in some of the estimated 35,000 Florida homes that contain the tainted material, state environmental officials have come up with interim guidelines on how to dispose of it. Following them, however, may be a challenge for landfill operators, said Lindsey Sampson, Lee County solid waste director. Garbage is [...]

Miami-Dade County Circuit Court Judge Gill S. Freeman has ordered a Sept. 14 hearing to determine if a class action can be certified for homeowners with Chinese drywall in the Keys Gate subdivision in Homestead. The plaintiffs’ homes were constructed with what they allege was defective Chinese drywall. South Kendall Construction Corp., built the homes. [...]

In December 2008 the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) received its first complaints about problems associated with drywall imported from China between 2004 and 2007. New homeowners began complaining about a foul, sulfur-like rotten-egg smell permeating their homes, a list of health problems, corroded wiring and air ducts, and electrical systems and appliances switching off [...]