FEMA Suppressed Health Warnings

Agency Rejected Environmental Testing on Formaldehyde Gas Levels

Washington Post Spencer S. Hsu July 19, 2007 08:55 PM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has suppressed warnings from its own Gulf coast field workers since the middle of 2006 about suspected health problems that may be linked to elevated levels of formaldehyde gas released in FEMA-provided trailers, lawmakers said today.
At a hearing this morning of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, investigators released internal e-mails indicating that FEMA lawyers rejected environmental testing out of fear that the agency would then become legally liable if health problems emerged among...

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