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U.S. NEWS: "Official to Press China on Drywall Costs," by Melanie Trottman, Wall Street Journal, 16 October 2009.
The chair of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking China to pay up on the billions of dollars of damage to US homes from defective drywall.
The chair will also start a dialogue with industry on having official standards for drywall composition. Amazing to think we have none now.
The Chinese drywall in question is emitting sulfide fumes.
Again, this sounds right out of Midler's book, which I quasi-reviewed in
the WPR column recently--cutting corners.
China is claiming some bad gypsum supplies that were isolated in the system. Still, we're talking billions here and people being forced to abandon properties for health reasons.
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