Chinese Made Drywall Leaving a Nasty Trail

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there is an issue with some Chinese made drywall emitting smelly, corrosive gases and ruining household systems such as air conditioners. There have been multiple class-action lawsuits filed in Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana but this issue could be much more widespread. The offending drywall is reportedly very high in sulfur and homeowners have complained of rotten eggs smell and corrosion of piping and wiring, causing electronics and appliances to fail.

If you feel your interior may be effected by this please contact the CPSC.

[via CNN]

photo: crimfants great drywall job

Tags: chinese, drywall, safety

Charles & Hudson | March 18, 2009 | Comments () |

John

eyes wide shut. who is really at fault? the chef who came up with the recipe or the cook who followed the recipe?

Charles & Hudson

In our quest to get the lowest possible price the free market has dictated we go overseas for so many products and those countries have responded. Unfortunately the quality control isn't on par with the US and we see subpar products infiltrate our marketplace.

If we all take great responsibility for what materials are going into our homes we will be better off but for the sake of cost that choice is out of reach for a lot of homeowners and most big builders could care less as long as they are getting a good price.

Becca

I find this just awful! If China is not trying to kill us in one way or another they are stealing all of the Americans Money. But I can not really blame the Americans , did you ever try to find anything made in America? It is really hard. But this is all our government for allowing these imports. That is why all of our companies have moved to other countries trying to get these people to work for nothing and they do. Then send the crap back here after taking all the work from the americans and that is mostly all we can find to buy. Did you ever read a can of Green Giant Mushroon.. they are made in indonesia. SO there goes the food too. I say we made CHina what it is today and now they are trying to thank us by killing us all or trying.
We can thank our GOVERNMENT for all of this and I think they should pay for all the damage done to all those houses after all they can give AIG money to burn! Government allowes the garbage to come into the country then they need to fix the problem for everyone this has happened to.

1916home.net

I just read about this. Scary. Doesnt America make anything anymore? Thats GOT to be expensive to ship heavy drywall sheets across the world.

Sailingwindward

"GOOG" serves every one right for using products from China, I hope there is even more suffering for people who used Chinese products and put Americans out of work.

Jill S Mertinke

What is wrong with us (we in the United States)? Ever here the old saying, "Ya get what you pay for?" Cheap labor, defective products that have caused numerous health problems in products from paint on toys, food, and now this dry wall. Are we stupid? Wake up America!!! We can produce our own dry wall, our own toys for OUR KIDS, and we sure as hell can process our own food. We need to boycott China. How much more are we going to take?

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