A recent study fails to show that faulty drywall in homes is a cause of health problems. <\/p>\n
About 4,000 families complained to the Consumer Product Safety Commission that bad drywall was causing nosebleeds and respiratory ailments. More than half of those families were in Florida.<\/p>\n
Researchers testified to a Senate panel that the toxic chemicals released by the drywall are not high enough to show a link to the health issues.<\/p>\n
The CPSC\u2019s findings do not yet support making the agency call for a recall of the drywall because of health risks, according to The Tallahassee Democrat.<\/p>\n
“We’re not suggesting that (those effects) don’t exist,\u201d said Neal Cohen, with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. \u201cWe’re suggesting that we have not been able to explain them with the low level of emissions we were able to (detect) in the home.”<\/p>\n
Cohen was speaking to members of a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee last December. (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A recent study fails to show that faulty drywall in homes is a cause of health problems. About 4,000 families complained to the Consumer Product Safety Commission that bad drywall was causing nosebleeds and respiratory ailments. More than half of…<\/span><\/p>\n