Chinese Drywall Toxic?

The latest concerns about Chinese drywall focus on reports that radioactive substances may have been included in the imported product. The Los Angeles Times ran an investigative story Tuesday, revealing that phosphogypsum, a radioactive byproduct of phosphate fertilizer production, is commonly used in some Chinese-made drywall. Phosphogypsum is found in abundance in Florida, where the [...]

ACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is investigating numerous complaints about Chinese drywall in Mississippi homes. People complain the imported drywall corrodes electrical wiring and can cause breathing problems. Hood said thousands of homes could have been built using the imported material. Amy Massachi lives in Florida. She is one of thousands of [...]

Homeowners who report problems with Chinese drywall have few places to turn. Few builders are eager to replace the materials pressed into service when the building boom exhausted domestic supplies. Medical and government authorities continue to … Source

During the height of the housing boom, American home builders began to rely heavily on imported Chinese drywall. Domestic supplies couldn’t keep up with demand, and imported drywall looked like a godsend. It has turned into a nightmare. Chinese drywall is the suspected cause for persistent foul smells in homes, for corrosion of metals and [...]

China has been blamed for a raft of dangerous exports to the U.S.—lead-tainted toys, melamine-spiked pet food, and contaminated blood thinners. Now one of the biggest homebuilders in the U.S. says defective drywall from China is the culprit for fumes that have damaged 400 houses in Florida. It won’t be easy for homeowners to collect [...]

MIAMI (CBS4) ― Miami-based homebuilder Lennar Corp. says it has identified about 400 Florida homes with defective Chinese-made drywall, which emits chemicals that purportedly cause health concerns. Most of the homes were built in the 2006 and 2007 fiscal years. Lennar said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week that [...]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate committee on appropriations has allocated a $9.6 million increase in funding for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, citing in part the agency’s need to investigate tainted drywall products. In the 2010 Financial Services Appropriations Bill, which was approved by the senate committee last Thursday, the CPSC was given $115 million [...]

A leading forensic expert on building envelope, water intrusion, toxic mold, and Chinese drywall, Spiderman S. Mulholland, Senior Forensic investigator and national consultant with U S Building Consultants and U S Building Laboratories Inc., is issuing a warning to those conducting remediation on homes and buildings across the states including Florida. Gainesville, FL, July 12, [...]

Florida homeowners who suffered property damage from drywall imported from China are eligible to receive thousands of dollars on their tax return, according to an announcement by the Internal Revenue Service. Faulty drywall, reportedly imported from a German-owned manufacturing company in China, was found in homes throughout Florida and in 20 other states. Officials stated [...]

WASHINGTON -Residents whose homes have been damaged by tainted Chinese drywall may be eligible for a tax deduction similar to the one taxpayers can claim for damages caused by hurricanes, floods or fires, according to the Internal Revenue Service. The final determination will be based on results of investigations being conducted on the drywall by [...]