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Show DAILY Sunday, February 17, 2008 A7 HERALD Scientists scrutinize materials used in FEMA toilers Michael Kunzelman her family or close enough to her job. FEMA expects to close The number of occupied Critics claim FEMA should hundreds of current and former trailer occupants. FEMA trailers and mobile have reacted sooner to conhomes peaked at 144,000 folA lawyer for the companies cerns that formaldehyde is to the trailer park by March 15. NEW ORLEANS While "J fell asleep crying last ,. blame for a host of ailments sued in U.S. District Court in lowing the hurricanes. the Federal Emergency ManPaulison called the relocaNew Orleans didn't return a night," she said Friday. "1 dont reported by trailer occupants. think I'm going to make it. agement Agency rushes to tions a "stopgap measure." "They knew full well sometelephone call for comment move thousands of Gulf Coast "We're not booting people Hundreds of Gulf Coast Friday. thing was wrong. They were storm victims out of governmenFEMA administrator R. Datrailer dwellers are suing out. What we're doing to puthoping nothing would hapjust t-issued manufacturers in federal court, pen," said attorney Daniel Bec-n- el vid Paulison said Thursday the ting them into hotels and motrailers, scientists are tearing the units apart to tels until we can find an apartjr., who says he represents agency hoped to move all of accusing the companies of learn why many have exposed furnishing FEMA with shod-dil- y about 5,000 trailer occupants. the roughly 35,000 families out ment for them," he said. "It's of trailers by summer, when Another plaintiffs lawyer occupants to dangerous levels constructed units that just transition, to get them out of formaldehyde fumes. hot weather increases formalof the travel trailer and into said trailer makers are the jeopardized their health. By The Centers for Disease Con- law, FEMA can't be named as "real culprits." someplace where it's safer." dehyde emissions. trol and Prevention is studying a defendant in the consolidated Louisiana has 25,162 occu"Obviously FEMA made lots Many residents still in materials used by several com- litigation until next month at of mistakes, didn't pied FEMA trailers and mobile FEMA trailer parks are elderly panies that provided FEMA or have disabilities, meaning the earliest, according to plain- manufacture these tfrtjles," homes, while Mississippi has with tens of thousands of said Tony Buzbee, a lawyer for 10,362, according to FEMA. tiffs lawyers. they are on fixed incomes ;uid travel trailers after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Test results reported this week by the CDC showed formaldehyde levels in hunST0REWIDE SAVINGS & VALUES LAST 2 DAYS dreds of FEMA trailers and mobile homes were, on averTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS but-FEM- can't easily find affordable housing, said Tracie Washington, president of the Louisiana Justice Institute, a nonprofit advocacy group for the poor. "These are people that rented $200, $300 apartments before Hurricane Katrina, and those aren't available anymore," Washington said. "They're afraid that if they're moved into hotels they'll wind up homeless in a few months." I Associated Press writers John Moreno Gonzales, Mary Foster and Becky Bohrer contributed to this report. PRESIDENTS' DAY SALE age, about five times higher than what people are exposed to in most modern homes. Formaldehyde, a preservative commonly used in construction materials, can cause breathing !Mf problems and also is believed to cause cancer. CDC director Dr. Julie Ger-berdi- MO said scientists need time to determine how and why formaldehyde levels varied among different models of FEMA trailers. Scientists from the CDC and the University of California's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory also are looking at ways to reduce formaldehyde emissions in the trailers. The study was limited to materials in unoccupied govern-men- t trailers. Gerberding said other studies indicate formaldehyde levels in manufactured homes are steadily decreasing "in a fairly significant manner." "Mainly because the manufacturers don't want this problem," she said, "so they're learning how to use new materials and changing their processing." Kevin Broom, spokesman for the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association, said Friday the industry would adjust its manufacturing techniques if the government adopts stricter Hurry, quantities are limited. 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