Chinese Drywall—Environmental Forensic Opportunities
| Autor: | Ioana G. Petrisor, Allan Kanner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | Environmental Forensics. 11:6-16 |
| ISSN: | 1527-5930 1527-5922 |
| Popis: | Forensic science will face one of its greatest challenges in dealing with the host of issues created by allegedly defective, Chinese drywall (CDW) in legislative, regulatory, and judicial forums. Many have already likened the impending controversies to the monumental asbestos crisis and related proceedings. CDWs are building materials (gypsum) imported in the United States from China in large amounts throughout 2000–2009, especially during the “house boom” period between 2004 and 2007. Some of CDW were reported to be defective as they appear to release into the indoor air a mixture of sulfur gases (including hydrogen sulfide, carbonyl sulfide, and carbon disulfide) which have a persistent rotten-egg smell and seem to corrode copper wires, affecting electrical and plumbing components within the affected home. While Florida, followed by Louisiana, have the highest use and reported defective CDW, cases of defective CDW were signaled in many other states. Essentially, millions of pounds of defective drywalls ... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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