Deaths, Chinese Drywall, and an upcoming Investigation March 10, 2010

Numerous news outlets have reported that at least 10 people with Chinese drywall in their homes have died. The question is: does this have anything to do with the tainted drywall, or just a coincidence?

Up to this point, researchers have found no reason to believe that toxic drywall can lead to death. Instead, the 10 deaths were among older people, as well as children, who were dealing with preexisting conditions.

Senator David Vitter of Louisiana wants to make sure that the deaths are not linked to Chinese drywall. For this reason, he has requested that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, conduct a thorough investigation.

Vitter said, “This just came to my attention in the past week, so I immediately wrote to the appropriate government agency. Clearly, I think, on the face of it, those cases demand a really careful and thorough examination. We don’t know as we speak, whether Chinese drywall caused those deaths or not, and I’m not saying they did, and I don’t wanna alarm people, but we sure as heck need to look at those very serious cases.”

All of the deaths were in Louisiana and Florida.

Although researchers have shot down the idea that Chinese drywall has caused any of these deaths, hopefully additional information will come from future investigations.