[StBernard] Jindal wants probe into FEMA trailers

[Westley Annis]

Amazing since this came up **some** time ago.  Well, he wasn't running for
governor then; at least not officially.


JLY



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	Uhhh, isn't he a day late and a dollar short on this one?
	
	This should have been looked at when people were moving into the
trailers
	not out of them.
	
	Westley
	
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	Jindal wants probe into FEMA trailers
	
	KENNER, La. -- A Louisiana congressman on Thursday called for House
hearings
	on the government's response to formaldehyde fumes that have cropped
up in
	travel trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
to storm
	victims.
	
	
	Earlier this month, FEMA dismissed findings by environmentalists
that the
	trailers pose serious health risks. FEMA said the fumes could be
reduced by
	opening vents and windows. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen.
	
	U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal, R-Kenner, sent a letter to the House
leadership
	calling for congressional hearings on the issue, saying he was
"astonished"
	by reports of dangerous levels of formaldehyde in the trailers.
Jindal said
	FEMA's advice on how to handle the problem was unacceptable,
especially in
	the heat and humidity of the Gulf Coast.
	
	"Further, case studies show that even if residents followed FEMA's
	guidelines on appropriate ventilation of trailers, high levels of
	formaldehyde can remain," Jindal said.
	
	FEMA has said that its trailers conform to industry standards and
that the
	agency has found no reason to question the safety of the trailers.