Senators call for Chinese sheetrock recall

Two U.S. senators are calling for a recall of high-sulfur Chinese drywall that is believed to be causing metal corrosion and an odor of rotten eggs in thousands of homes in the Southeast. Sens. Bill Nelson of Florida and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, both Democrats, said in a press release Monday that they filed new legislation aimed at initiating a recall and imposing an immediate ban on “tainted building products from China.” The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is in Florida, inspecting homes to determine what action may be needed. The agency would have the authority to mount a recall. The legislation filed by Nelson and Landrieu includes a resolution pressing the commission for a recall on Chinese-made drywall, based in part on findings by a Florida homebuilder and state officials who have confirmed the presence of sulfide gases in homes built with the drywall.

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