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Evaluation of formaldehyde levels in occupied federal emergency management agency-owned temporary housing units
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12/13/2007
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Description:On August 28 and 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the US Gulf Coast between New Orleans, LA and Mobile, AL, as a Category 4 storm. Families were evacuated from the US Gulf Coast to return later to severely damaged housing. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided disaster related housing along the US Gulf Coast starting in October 2005.
Starting in the spring of 2006, several physicians along the US Gulf Coast reported increases in upper respiratory issues in children who lived in FEMA supplied temporary housing units. During this same time period, FEMA became aware of elevated levels of formaldehyde gas in FEMA housing units in Louisiana and Mississippi, specifically in Gulf Coast areas affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and initiated an investigation. This prompted interest from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Health Affairs (DHS-OHA) in an investigation of potential sources of exposures. DHS-OHA has consulted with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on behalf of FEMA to provide an evaluation of exposures to formaldehyde in temporary housing for hurricane-displaced people. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the levels of formaldehyde and factors such as temperature and humidity that might influence formaldehyde levels in temporary housing units in Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Protocol Formaldehyde FEMA WED version 18-dec13.doc
protocol-formaldehyde.pdf
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