After scientific testing, the CPSC and HUD have announced that the exposure of electrical wiring to the corrosive gases found in defective Chinese drywall do not pose a safety risk. For that reason, the CPSC’s remediation guidelines have been revised to state that they no longer recommend the complete removal and replacement of electrical wiring.
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.
At the recent proceeding, there was testimony from scientists that pointed to cases where wiring was damaged. Perphaps even more damning at the trial, was that scientists who were NOT witnesses of the plaintiff’s attorneys even testified that insulated wiring was not safe from Chinese drywall contamination.
