Toxic FEMA Trailer Side Effects Could Lead To Respiratory Infection Lawsuits
Toxic FEMA Trailer Injury Lawsuits. On November 12, 2007, media outlets reported that the toxic FEMA trailers were emitting far more poisonous formaldehyde than previously thought. According to air quality test conducted by the Sierra Club, as many as 95% of occupied FEMA trailers used by Gulf Coast hurricane victims contained … [Read more...]
Toxic FEMA Trailers Get New Life Thanks to BP Oil Spill
Is Toxic FEMA Trailers Making More Life Miserable for Survivors?. Formaldehyde-laced travel trailers, the same trailers that made life even more miserable for survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, have shown up along the Gulf Coast again. This time, they are being used to house people working to clean up the BP oil spill. The … [Read more...]
First Toxic FEMA Trailer Lawsuit Now Underway
Toxic FEMA Trailer Lawsuit Starts. The first trial involving the allegedly toxic trailers the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) distributed to Gulf Coast hurricane victims in 2005 got underway last week in New Orleans. According to the Associated Press, trailer maker Gulf Stream Coach Inc. and government contractor Fluor … [Read more...]
Thousands Stuck in Toxic FEMA Trailers Four Years After Katrina
Some People Still Living In Toxic FEMA Trailers. Four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, some people in the region are still living in toxic trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). According to a report on CBS News, red tape is largely to blame. At one point, as many 143,000 … [Read more...]
FEMA Too Slow to Respond to Toxic Trailers, Report Says
FEMA To Respond To Toxic Trailers. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) "did not display a degree of urgency" when responding to reports of dangerous levels of formaldehyde in trailers used to house victims of hurricanes Rita and Katrina, according to a newly-released report from the Homeland Security Department inspector … [Read more...]
First Toxic FEMA Trailer Lawsuit Scheduled for September Trial
Toxic FEMA Trailer Goes To Trial. The first lawsuit over toxic Hurricane Katrina trailers will go to trial in September. Like scores of others, the lawsuit claims that travel trailers the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supplied as temporary housing to Hurricane Katrina victims exposed residents to dangerous … [Read more...]
Judge Says FEMA Can Be Sued Over Trailers
Lawsuits Against FEMA Is Possible. Although U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt refused to grant class-action status to the hundreds of toxic FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Association) trailer lawsuits, he did rule the cases must be presented on a case-by-case basis, reported the Washington Post. The judge also rule that FEMA … [Read more...]
FEMA Trailer Kids Still Suffering Health Problems
Health Problems On Toxic FEMA Trailer. A study of children who lived in travel trailers following Hurricane Katrina has revealed that many of them are still suffering from health problems. According to an article in USA Today, the 261 children in the study lived in trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) … [Read more...]
Toxic FEMA Trailers are Being Sold As Scrap
FEMA To Sell Trailers To Interested Parties. Toxic trailers used to house Hurricane Katrina victims are being sold as scrap by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). At least one lawmaker has already expressed concern that the trailers, which are likely contaminated with formaldehyde, could end up as housing once again, even … [Read more...]
FEMA Trying to Weasel Out of Toxic Trailer Lawsuits
FEMA Requests Immunity From Toxic Trailer Lawsuits. According to a recent Associated Press (AP) report, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is requesting immunity from lawsuits filed on behalf of Gulf Coast hurricane victims who claim they were exposed to formaldehyde fumes while living in Toxic FEMA … [Read more...]
FEMA Trailer Kids Face Years of Health Problems
Toxic FEMA Trailer Illnesses. Children who lived in toxic Katrina trailers distributed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) could face years of health problems. The FEMA trailers were filled with toxic formaldehyde fumes, a chemical known to cause cancer and respiratory problems. Thanks to FEMA's ineptitude and … [Read more...]
FEMA Gave Little Thought to Safety of Katrina Trailers
FEMA Katrina Trailers. Immediately following the Hurricane Katrina devastation, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ordered about $2.7 billion worth of trailers and mobile homes to house Katrina victims. FEMA's requirements were detailed in a mere 25 lines, with minimal details regarding occupant safety. Today, industry … [Read more...]
New Orleans Mayor Wants FEMA Trailers Gone
Move To Safer Housing, Mayor Urges Residents To Leave FEMA Trailers. Citing health concerns, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says its time for city residents living in toxic trailers distributed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to move to safer housing. Nearly 5,700 trailers remain in New Orleans, most on the private … [Read more...]
Formaldehyde Limits Set for FEMA Trailers
FEMA Trailers Sets Limits For Formaldehyde Levels. Finally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has set limits for formaldehyde levels in trailers it supplies to those made homeless by disasters. Unfortunately, the move comes too late to help the thousands of people who were housed in toxic FEMA trailers after hurricanes … [Read more...]
Formaldehyde Problems Not Limited to FEMA Trailers
FEMA Trailers Are Emitting Toxic Formaldehyde. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) trailers, used to house victims of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters, are notorious for emitting toxic formaldehyde fumes that have made residents sick. But the problems with toxic FEMA trailers have led to concerns about fumes emitted by … [Read more...]
FEMA Faces Barrage of Criticism over Toxic Trailers
Criticism Hits FEMA Over Toxic Trailers. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is again being criticized for the toxic trailers it distributed to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The outcry came after tests revealed Thursday showed dangerous levels of formaldehyde in FEMA toxic trailers used to house hurricane victims … [Read more...]
Toxic FEMA Trailer Tests Set to Start After Long Delays
FEMA Trailer Test For Formaldehyde. Finally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is ready to start testing trailers provided to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for dangerous levels of formaldehyde. Harvey Johnson, FEMA's deputy administrator, told a Senate Committee yesterday that test on 500 occupied FEMA trailers … [Read more...]
FEMA Ordered to Submit Plan to Test Toxic Hurricane Trailers
FEMA Ordered To Check On Hurricane Trailers. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been ordered to submit a plan to start testing the toxic FEMA trailers still housing Gulf Coast hurricane victims for dangerous formaldehyde fumes. FEMA was supposed to start testing the trailers on November 2, but indefinitely postponed … [Read more...]
FEMA Works to Move Thousands From Toxic Trailers in Louisiana, Mississippi
FEMA Trailers Might Be Contaminated With Formaldehyde. The Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Agency has received requests from 1,000 Louisiana families to be moved out of FEMA-issued trailers because of concerns that the structures might be contaminated with formaldehyde. About 43,000 Louisiana families displaced by Hurricanes … [Read more...]
FEMA Knew Katrina Trailers Were Toxic, But Ignored Danger
FEMA Failed To Test The Katrina Trailers. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) failed to test the toxic trailers of Hurricane Katrina refugees on the advice of their lawyers. Toxic formaldehyde is reported to have been seeping into these trailers. As many as 120,000 families displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were … [Read more...]
FEMA Ignored Risk Toxic Trailers Imposed on Katrina Victims
FEMA Failed To Test The Toxic Trailers. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) failed to test FEMA trailers for toxic levels of formaldehyde even after the agency’s field workers warned the trailers might be linked to health problems. FEMA’s own emails show that the agency’s lawyers rejected testing because they were afraid … [Read more...]
Test trailers for chemical, FEMA told
FEMA Look Into Formaldehyde Contamination In Trailers. Louisiana lawmakers are once again calling on FEMA to look into complaints of formaldehyde contamination in travel trailers, 86,000 of which remain in use along the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita forced people from their homes in 2005. Rep. Bobby Jindal, … [Read more...]
Toxic Trailers
Trailers Were Supposed To Be Helping People. S. O'BRIEN: First it was a struggle just to get a FEMA trailer after Hurricane Katrina. Well now there are 100,000 FEMA trailers out there and a new problem. Those trailers that were supposed to be helping people rebuild their lives might just be making them sick. PAUL STEWART, LIVED IN … [Read more...]
Are FEMA Trailers Making Residents Sick?
Families Are Still Living In Toxic FEMA Trailers. Today the government says 86,000 families are still living in those white FEMA travel trailers across the Gulf more and more waking up with a host of health problems tied, medical experts believe, to the place they still call home. When Hurricane Katrina tore apart homes here in … [Read more...]
Are FEMA trailers ‘toxic tin cans’?
FEMA Trailers Exposed Inhabitants To A Toxic Gas. For nearly a year now, the ubiquitous FEMA trailer has sheltered tens of thousands of Gulf Coast residents left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. But there is growing concern that even as it staved off the elements, it was exposing its inhabitants to a toxic gas that could pose both … [Read more...]
