Product Defect

New issues surrounding faulty drywall are emerging as builders and suppliers are becoming more and more protective of their business practices against accusations of negligence. A recent article by the Herald Tribune points out that homeowners with symptoms closely mirroring those of people living in homes with Chinese drywall are finding their builders are checking

In a telling piece that shows just how serious the government is taking this Chinese drywall issue, President Barack Obama is looking to remove the current chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission Nancy Nord. The Herald Tribune reports President Barack Obama intends to remove the current chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission —

The Chinese Drywall issue continues to spread beyond the Gulf Coast area and makes it more apparent that not only is it a nationwide issue, but that there may be more of this faulty wallboard in the country, possibly in the state, than we first considered. In Virginia, a group of homeowners have banded together

Anyone thinking that this issue is not going to make an effect in the New Orleans and greater Louisiana area is going to be surprised we think. This isn’t just a Florida issue. The health symptoms of Chinese drywall exposure are being documented and it’s only a matter of time before homeowners begin finding out

Placing a scientific and unbiased opinion on the issues relating to drywall imported from China, forensic experts have begun looking into the effects and problems involved with Chinese drywall. Along with the interesting fact that the crisis has already led to people taking advantage of panic (“One company is already cashing in and selling a

In an interesting little article that may have slipped through the cracks for many, the Wall Street Journal discusses claims by Chinese officials that the drywall issue is, potentially, an American myth of sorts. Xu Luoyi, head of the National Building Materials Industrial Technology Supervisory Research Center, notes that the Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Company provided

As the Chinese Drywall saga continues, Florida has jumped all over the issue and is pushing for investigations while testing homes for dangerous sulfur levels. These actions come after a timeline of incidences, many of which may be read about on this blog’s section on the drywall, and demonstrate a level of seriousness taken by

The inevitable results of the importation of faulty Chinese drywall into a state that required heavy construction at the result of Hurricane Katrina has officially emerged. As reported widely by the Associate Press and other media outlets, Louisiana officials feared that Katrina’s devastation had severely raised the odds that Chinese drywall would be a painful

Two of Florida’s elected representatives met with homeowners to discuss the federal government’s interest and action regarding Chinese drywall. The drywall, imported and said to cause corrosion and a myriad of health problems, has been discovered in homes all around the Gulf Coast region and appears to be a problem that is not going away:

Video published by the Associated Press on the Chinese Drywall issue facing much of the Gulf Coast area. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHq_H3l7aEVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Fla. Builders Lament Chinese-made Drywall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHq_H3l7aE) The more and more information that comes out on this stuff the worse it looks. The health effects of Chinese Drywall and the