Posted on October 29, 2009

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and numerous state departments of health have been working together to investigate and analyze how Chinese made drywall entered into the country, where it was used, what is in it, and what impact it may have on human health and corrosion of electrical and metal components.

WHAT: Results from three initial drywall studies will be released today: 1) an elemental study; 2) a 10-home air monitoring study; and 3) preliminary findings from chamber studies. Produced B-roll of homes with reported drywall problems and inspection of homes with soundbites.

WHO:  Lori Saltzman, Director
           Division of Health Sciences
           Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction
           U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission                                                   
           Dr. Michael McGeehin, Director
           Division of Environmental Hazards & Health Effects
           National Center for Environmental Health
           Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

           Dr. Warren Friedman, Sr. Advisor to the Director
           Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
           U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  

           James E. Woolford, Director
           Office of Superfund Remediation & Technology Innovation (OSRTI)
           Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
           U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

           Dr. David Krause, State Toxicologist
           Florida Department of Health

For more info visit www.cpsc.gov/info/drywall/