Senior Public Health Official Reassigned in Wake of Congressional Inquiries
Dr. Howard Frumkin, the embattled director of a little-known but important division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … more…
Homeland Security Inspector General Report Echoes ProPublica Investigation
The Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to speedily react to a public health threat posed by formaldehyde-contaminated tr … 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…
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…
November 12, 2009
EPA Pick Blocked by Sen. With Formaldehyde Industry Donors Andy Kroll, Mother Jones, November 12, 2009
April 01, 2009
Formaldehyde Found in New EEOC Building Joe Davidson, Washington Post, April 01, 2009
December 30, 2008
Class-Action Status Denied in FEMA Trailer Suits Paulo Prada, Wall Street Journal ($), December 30, 2008
December 01, 2008
Empty FEMA Trailers Cost $28 Million A Year Anita Lee, Biloxi Sun Herald, December 01, 2008
November 14, 2008
Gov’t Selling Toxic FEMA Trailers to Public as Scrap Eileen Sullivan, AP, November 14, 2008
October 22, 2008
FEMA Disputes Formaldehyde Study of Iowa Trailers Nigel Duara, AP, October 22, 2008
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