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Environment - "FEMA Offers Refunds on Toxic Trailers"
From NEWSInferno.com:The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will offer refunds to people who bought toxic FEMA trailers. The toxic FEMA trailers issued to Hurricane Katrina survivors are contaminated with formaldehyde...

Environment - "'Toxic trailers' raise fears about RVs"
The ILB has had several entries about FEMA "toxic trailers". Start here for background. Today Ted Evanoff of the Indianapolis Star has a long story about how issues arising from the trailers shipped to house Katrina survivors by FEMA, many....

Science Hearing on FEMAs Toxic Trailers
In July the Oversight Committee held a hearing, ?FEMA?s Response to Reports of Toxic Trailers.? The Committee heard testimony from residents occupying FEMA trailers, experts who are familiar with the health impact of formaldehyde, and from FEMA Administrator Paulison...

CDC Reports that FEMA Trailers Are Toxic
It's been two years since residents of the FEMA trailers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast began reporting a myriad of health problems. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Thursday that government tests confirmed the presence of toxic formaldehyde in travel trailers and mobile homes provided by the agency...

Oversight Committee Holds Hearing on Manufacturers of FEMA’s Toxic Trailers
News release, includes links to witness testimony and related documents: "As part of its continuing investigation into the FEMA’s toxic...

Law - Professor says suits over formaldehyde in trailers are likely to focus more on manufacturers than dealers
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 19th ("FEMA offers refunds on toxic trailers") and this one from Sept. 28, 2005 ("Trailers flow from Indiana to Gulf Coast"), see this story today by Ben Zion Hershberg of the LCJ, headlined "Lawsuits...

The Paulson Toxic Mortgage Debt Security Act: The Biggest Government Bailout of All Time
Legislative Proprosal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-related Assets

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Bailout Bill HR124

Federal Emergency Management Agency
Trailers Contain Toxic Formaldehyde Fumes

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

Coachman RV
37,293 Motorhomes and Fifth Wheel Travel Trailers Recalled

Toxic Mold
Landlord to pay $190,000 toxic mold settlement.

$1Million Settlement Reached in Toxic Kiddie Kollege Day Care Lawsuit
$1 Million Settlement Reached in Toxic Kiddie Kollege Day Care Lawsuit

Greka Oll and Gas
EPA Orders Clean-up of Toxic PCBs