Chinese Promises To Probe Suspect Drywall Exports

Associated Press ABC26 News

October 26, 2009

BEIJING, China—

The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission says China is helping U.S. officials investigate reports of contaminated Chinese drywall after thousands of American homeowners complained the building material made them sick or damaged their houses.

Inez Tenenbaum spoke in Beijing after a meeting with China's Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine.

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Some estimates put the cost to homeowners in the billions, as they struggle to get help from insurers or relief from mortgage payments on homes that are in some cases uninhabitable.

Builders imported the drywall at the height of the housing boom, when domestic building materials were in short supply. The drywall apparently causes a chemical reaction that releases noxious fumes that grow worse with heat and humidity.

American homeowners blame the drywall for itchy eyes and skin, difficulty in breathing, coughing, bloody noses and corrosion of wiring and appliances.

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