The Deadly Choices at Memorial
The smell of death was overpowering the moment a relief worker cracked open one of the hospital chapel’s wooden doors. Inside, mor … more…
Study Reinforces Links Between Formaldehyde and Cancer
A study released last week by the National Cancer Institute strengthens the link between exposure to formaldehyde and several forms o … more…
CDC Makes Progress (Sort of) on Long-Promised Children’s Health Study
Remember that study the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promised it would do to track the health of children who lived in … more…
Quick Picks: Army Suicides and FEMA Aid
Quick Picks focuses on a select few of the day's stories from "Breaking on the Web."
Salon follows up the Army’s admission two … more…Where Things Stand: Formaldehyde Problems Remain Unresolved
Editor’s note: As part of our year-end coverage, we’re checking in on the latest on each of our in-depth stories.
Earlier this year … more…
Formaldehyde Found in Houses Provided for Katrina Victims in Mississippi
In the latest chapter of the formaldehyde controversy we’ve been tracking, the Sierra Club has unearthed documents showing that … more…
FEMA Trailer Children Sickened
A review of medical records released this week by the Children's Health Fund, a New York City non-profit, has renewed concerns about … more…
Government Study on Children Living in Katrina Trailers Muddled By Delays, Confusion
This story was also published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is a followup to ProPublica's investigation into the CDC resp … more…
Formaldehyde found in more FEMA trailers
In case you missed it, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has again come under fire for providing formaldehyde-contaminated trai … more…
Why CDC Responded With ‘Lack of Urgency’ to Formaldehyde Warnings
Editor's note: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran a shorter version of this story in their print edition
A FEMA trailer in Coden, … more…
Coming This Week…
Tuesday, July 15
New Yorker writer Jane Mayer releases her new book “The Dark Side,” an extensively reported account of the de … more…
Coming This Week…
Every Monday we'll be posting a list of the week's upcoming events that we find interesting. Our first installment includes toxic tra … more…
March 15, 2010
FEMA’s Sale of Unsafe Katrina Trailers Sparks Criticism Spencer S. Hsu, Wash. Post, March 15, 2010
February 25, 2010
Gov’t Report: FEMA Wasted Millions Kasie Hunt, Politico, February 25, 2010
January 04, 2010
Homeowners need flood insurance as FEMA redraws maps Catherine Saillant, LA Times, January 04, 2010
December 24, 2009
FEMA Investigating Complaints of Trailer Evictions Harvey Rice, Houston Chronicle, December 24, 2009
November 18, 2009
Ike Victims Say FEMA Is Pressuring Them to Leave Trailers Harvey Rice, Houston Chronicle, November 18, 2009
September 21, 2009
Some Galveston Residents Still Waiting for Aid After Hurricane Ike James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times, September 21, 2009
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