MIAMI (Reuters) – An importer of allegedly defective Chinese drywall could be hit with a flood of new lawsuits from Florida homeowners after a court ruling opened the door to additional litigation, a lawyer for the homeowners said on Monday.
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The Construction Defect Center is urging US corporations, entrepreneurs, and investors to get back into the domestic manufacturing industry, especially with respect to building products. The group says, “We think the outsourcing experiment to China has been an absolute disaster, from appliances, to residential windows, to drywall, the products have either failed, they are toxic, [...]
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Further, when Chinese tire and drywall prices drive-up U.S. auto and construction costs, the price of domestic substitutes like used cars and existing homes will rise as well — regardless of their “Made in China” content. Sadly, what has actually …
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No developer or housing contractor, after all, wants to install defective Chinese drywall that emits hydrogen sulfide gas fumes at levels high enough to corrode metal and induce breathing problems, skin and eye irritation and headaches. Parents prefer that …
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No developer or housing contractor, after all, wants to install defective Chinese drywall that emits hydrogen sulfide gas fumes at levels high enough to corrode metal and induce breathing problems, skin and eye irritation and headaches. Parents prefer that …
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Another product scandal has hit China. But instead of exporting tainted products to America such as when unscrupulous executives sent foul-smelling drywall destined for homes in Florida or produced lead coated toys for Mattel, this time Chinese executives …
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With foreclosures still swamping the country, now we have this! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_chinese_drywall It seems to me that we need to have more restrictive policies about the composition of items that we import from other countries, especially China. What do you think?
China and the United States do billions of dollars worth of trade with each other. It is a vital relationship – one that China should help preserve, by cooperating with U.S. efforts to investigate faulty drywall. The drywall, much of it manufactured in …
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You may recall the sad case of the contaminated Chinese drywall that erupted last year in Florida, rendering houses uninhabitable. Or the previous year’s scandal over melamine-adulterated milk that sickened hundreds of thousands of Chinese children. Now a potential concern over another Chinese product has arisen, and this one’s automotive. In…
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