Thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims were left homeless and now lingering health problems may be blamed on the toxic trailers that were brought in for emergency shelter. Those toxic trailers are at ...

ATLANTA, Ga. — U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde ...

FEMA administrator R. David Paulison said Thursday the agency hoped to move all of the roughly 35,000 families out of trailers by summer, when hot weather increases formaldehyde emissions. Louisiana ...

Prolonged exposure can lead to breathing problems and is also believed to cause cancer. The CDC initially said in February 2007 that, with proper ventilation, formaldehyde levels were safe in the ...

In the wakes of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, more than one hundred thousand coastal residents have been living in FEMA trailers. But just last week one occupant burned to death inside of hers, after ...

People living in FEMA trailers will now get the chance to speak with scientists about exposure to formaldehyde fumes. Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fumes from ...

WASHINGTON -- Republicans are blaming the federal government for not having standards for safe levels of formaldehyde in trailers used by Hurricane Katrina victims. Democrats say that's not the whole ...

WASHINGTON -- Trailer manufacturers defended themselves yesterday on Capitol Hill, insisting they're not responsible for formaldehyde levels in FEMA trailers. Top executives from four companies backed ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The last of the once-ubiquitous FEMA trailers has been removed from New Orleans more than six years after floodwalls and levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to ...

“Homesick” by Nicholas Shapiro, Duke University Press, 256 pages. The holiday season is a time for homecomings and family gatherings, staying in, snuggling down and enjoying the comforts of home — ...