Tests: Chemical in FEMA trailers in Ark.
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Some of more than 7,500 mobile homes owned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency being stored at the Hope Municipal Airport near Hope, Ark., that were tested for formaldehyde Tuesday, March 25, 2008. The Federal Emergency Management Agency test results, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, show about half of the mobile homes tested have formaldehyde levels higher than the average home. Three of the 32 mobile homes tested from among the thousands stored at the Hope Municipal Airport have levels high enough to put possible residents at an increased risk of cancer and respiratory illnesses. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
AP - Some of the thousands of mobile homes stored for possible use by disaster victims have formaldehyde levels rivaling those of housing already deemed unsafe for victims of 2005 hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, test results show. |
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