Why isn’t the manufacturer and its liability carrier handling this? This is a product liability issue, not the Federal Government. Did the government get our taxpayer dollars back that were paid to the company that manufactured this rat traps?
I don’t think travel trailers were ever meant to be lived in 24/7 for a consecutive period of months. Perhaps the formaldehyde levels, and emissions, are and were acceptable for limited use, LIKE FOR CAMPING, THE PURPOSE THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR!!! Nobody thinks that George Bush personally toured each CAMPING TRAILER and sprayed formaldehyde, do they? Logically, all travel trailers made by the same manufacturer would emit the same levels of formaldehyde, whether purchased by FEMA or not. The difference is that they are not intended as permanent shelter, especially in the first days, weeks and months when emissions would be at peak levels.
Goog point Gill. But don’t you think the jackass who sold them to the government knew full well they were intended to be “residences”? I hate to think somebody made a huge profit on these things and isn’t accountable.
I think the company sold them to FEMA as “temporary residences” – a big difference. It’s one thing to live in a trailer for a month or four, quite another to live in it for two years or more.
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Why don’t they just open a window? Problem solved.
Why isn’t the manufacturer and its liability carrier handling this? This is a product liability issue, not the Federal Government. Did the government get our taxpayer dollars back that were paid to the company that manufactured this rat traps?
I don’t think travel trailers were ever meant to be lived in 24/7 for a consecutive period of months. Perhaps the formaldehyde levels, and emissions, are and were acceptable for limited use, LIKE FOR CAMPING, THE PURPOSE THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR!!! Nobody thinks that George Bush personally toured each CAMPING TRAILER and sprayed formaldehyde, do they? Logically, all travel trailers made by the same manufacturer would emit the same levels of formaldehyde, whether purchased by FEMA or not. The difference is that they are not intended as permanent shelter, especially in the first days, weeks and months when emissions would be at peak levels.
Goog point Gill. But don’t you think the jackass who sold them to the government knew full well they were intended to be “residences”? I hate to think somebody made a huge profit on these things and isn’t accountable.
I think the company sold them to FEMA as “temporary residences” – a big difference. It’s one thing to live in a trailer for a month or four, quite another to live in it for two years or more.