What is the problem with Chinese Drywall?
Consumers from more than 10 States and the District of Columbia have reported concerns related to drywall imported from China that is in their houses. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC-ATSDR), in coordination with State and local authorities, to investigate this matter. To gather more information about Chinese drywall, CDCATSDR requested that EPA conduct an elemental analysis of Chinese drywall and compare it with drywall manufactured in the United States.Analysis of Drywall Samples With CDC-ATSDR’s concurrence, two wallboard samples known to have been manufactured in China were selected for analysis. Additionally, four samples of U.S.- manufactured drywall were purchased by EPA from local stores in Edison, New Jersey and included in the analysis. Prior to analysis, the thin layer of paint was scraped off of