Thousands of people are still living in trailers that FEMA brought in to house the refugees of Katrina. Having been rumored for quite a while, FEMA now confirms that some of the trailers may have a problem with formaldehyde.
Symptoms of formaldehyde exposure can be as innocuous as watery or itchy eyes or a runny nose. At it’s worse, formaldehyde has been identified as a probable carcinogen.
But don’t worry about the formaldehyde levels! FEMA has an RV expert with the answer, "You can get it to dissipate very easily if you just ventilate it," he said. "People may just need to be shown how to open the windows."
Uh huh, and I guess for the next hurricane we should just show them how to roll up their pants legs?
