Homes with Chinese drywall should be gutted, feds say

From NEWSLANC / AP:

Thousands of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall should be completely gutted, according to guidelines released Friday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The guidelines recommend that electrical wiring, outlets, circuit breakers, fire alarm systems, carbon monoxide alarms, fire sprinklers, gas pipes and drywall need to be removed.

“We want families to tear it all out and rebuild the  interior of their homes, and they need to start this to get their lives started all over again,” said  Inez Tenenbaum , chairwoman of the commission, the federal agency charged with making sure consumer  products are safe…

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