Florida governor makes federal case out of ‘Chinese drywall’

Gov. Charlie Crist is seeking federal help in dealing with the growing concerns over certain drywall used in homes throughout Florida, calling on both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to step in. In a letter sent Friday to both the EPA and the CDC, Crist is asking both agencies to dispatch an environmental response team as well as industrial hygienists from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to help inspect homes and evaluate possible health hazards from the reported corrosive gasses being emitted from “Chinese drywall,” the moniker given to the defective drywall that is believed to have been imported from Asia during the housing boom.

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