Knauf Gips, a German manufacturing company, continues to argue that it is not responsible for the defective Chinese drywall produced by its subsidiary Knauf Plasterboard Tinjian, even though documents filed in German and US courts reveal a close tie between the two entities.
Newport News, VA Chinese drywall town hall meeting with CPSC representatives still left homeowners, and now renters, with no answers to their questions concerning water safety, health problems, foreclosure.
The CPSC released a list of drywall manufacturers whose drywall produced high levels of hydrogen sulfide during testing. They stated “There is a stong association between hydrogen sulfide and metal corrosion.” Highest Levels: Knauf Plasterboard (Tianjin) Co. Ltd.: (year of manufacture 2005) China
The primary agency that has handled consumer complaints since the start of the Chinese drywall crisis has been the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The CPSC recently teamed up with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct extensive studies on allegedly defective drywall, in an effort to establish a connection between reported health and home issues with the drywall.
Inez Tenenbaum is the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Despite her small physical presence, Tenenbaum is not a pushover in any sense of the word. President Obama trusts her to oversee a renewal of the agency – an agency of utmost importance during this Chinese drywall crisis period. The CPSC, a federal agency, has had to deal with an influx of consumer issues in the previous decade – especially from China.
Note: The Update Provided By the CPSC December 2009 Report will be summarized in a two-part article on thechinesedrywalllawyer.com
Note: The Update Provided By the CPSC December 2009 Report will be summarized in a two-part article on thechinesedrywalllawyer.com
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently issued a press release indicating that based on a major study of over 50 homes, indoor air sampling tests pointed to a “strong association” between homes with Chinese drywall, hydrogen sulfide, and metal corrosion.
The investigations, the tasks which were charged to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were initiated to establish a nexus between the reported damages stemming from 32 states. The damages reported have been both health and property related. Most complaints are alleging respiratory symptoms, headaches, and other like symptoms. Property reports tend to be associated with sulfur-like odors in the home that make habitation unbearable, the corrosion of metals, and damages to piping and air conditioning units.
In a report issued this past Thursday, Federal investigators made it clear that imported Chinese drywall contained levels of chemicals higher than those found in domestically produced products. As we have reported in recent days, the report did not conclusively link the chemicals (sulfur and strontium) to the exact reported damages.
