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NEW ORLEANS, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. government and manufacturing experts say the speedy production of trailers for Hurricane Katrina victims may have sickened 300,000 people.
Days after Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, the Federal Emergency Management Agency spent about $2.7 billion on trailers for people who lost their homes in the disaster, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
In the months after victims started living in the mobile homes, reports of breathing, eye, nose and throat discomfort were on the rise, the Post said.
The newspaper said officials found high levels of formaldehyde in many of the homes. Formaldehyde exposure has been linked to nasal cancer and breathing problems.
A Post review indicated insufficient federal oversight, rushed construction and substandard wood shipped from China were all factors in the trailer risks.
It is reported a total of 17,000 people who say they had health problems after living in FEMA homes have joined a class-action lawsuit against 64 manufacturers and the U.S. government.
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