Scientists Closely Examine FEMA Trailers

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Jim Hawk Herring with his dog Koko talks about the toxic problems in his Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer in the Lakeview area of New Orleans Thursday Feb. 14 2008. U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be mov ...
Jim "Hawk" Herring with his dog Koko talks about the toxic problems in his Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer in the Lakeview area of New Orleans Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde fumes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

(AP) -- While the Federal Emergency Management Agency rushes to move thousands of Gulf Coast storm victims out of government-issued trailers, scientists are tearing the units apart to learn why many have exposed occupants to dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes.


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