Archive for December, 2009

Even nonprofits rebuilt New Orleans with Chinese drywall (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

By AARON KESSLER Habitat for Humanity and other charities it supplied built as many as 600 homes using wallboard made by Taishan Gypsum Co.

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Chinese Drywall Round-up – Lawyers and Settlements

Cape Coral, FL : Defective Chinese drywall continues to be a source of frustration for many homeowners.

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Dogs help find Chinese drywall (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay)

The dogs are trained to sniff out sulfur, a chemical found in tainted drywall. 

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Chinese drywall can turn homes into toxic assets (WTVM 9 Columbus)

Despite mounting evidence, Chinese businesses still are not willing to admit their part in the $15 billion bomb they’ve dropped on homeowners on the Gulf Coast.

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Chinese drywall can turn homes into toxic assets – WTVM

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – Some call it a cultural thing with the Chinese. Despite mounting evidence, Chinese businesses still are not willing to admit their part in the $15 billion bomb they’ve dropped on homeowners on the Gulf Coast.

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Tackling contentious insurance issues – Miami Herald

Florida’s public insurance company reversed course this week and said it will cover a couple’s Gulf Coast retirement home, after previously telling the homeowners their policy wouldn’t be renewed because of the home’s tainted Chinese drywall …

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Special report: Chinese drywall in New Orleans (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

Hurricane Katrina survivors are battling a new foe: tainted Chinese drywall in the walls of their rebuilt homes.

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Hope for justice on drywall (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

By AARON KESSLER Second of three stories If the victims of contaminated Chinese drywall have a hope of relief, it is likely U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E

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Katrina survivors battle a new foe: Chinese drywall – Herald Tribune

Dr. Cassandra Youmans kneels down in her attic, having brushed away insulation to reveal the markings for Knauf Tianjin brand Chinese drywall. It is fitting that the massive litigation moving forward on contaminated Chinese drywall should be heard in …

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Katrina survivors battle a new foe: Chinese drywall (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

By AARON KESSLER Editor’s note: This is the first of three stories It is fitting that the massive litigation moving forward on contaminated Chinese drywall should be heard in New Orleans.

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