Drywall products from imported from China and contaminated with sulfur compounds which corrode metal building components and emit the aroma of rotten eggs have been found in new homes built in at least 13 states. The USEPA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have launched federal investigations into the situation.
The problems include corrosion of electrical wiring, hollow metal building components, and permeation of wood studding leaving the rotten egg smell in the homes even after the offending drywall has been removed. Apparently 550 million pounds of the tainted drywall has been imported since 2006, enough to build about 60,000 houses. Problem product has been discovered so far in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas and Florida, where a new $1.4 million home for the Lieutenant Governor was discovered to have this problem.
The problems include corrosion of electrical wiring, hollow metal building components, and permeation of wood studding leaving the rotten egg smell in the homes even after the offending drywall has been removed. Apparently 550 million pounds of the tainted drywall has been imported since 2006, enough to build about 60,000 houses. Problem product has been discovered so far in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas and Florida, where a new $1.4 million home for the Lieutenant Governor was discovered to have this problem.
