Risky chemical found in hurricane trailers
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Many of the government-supplied trailers housing thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina contain potentially dangerous levels of the chemical formaldehyde, U.S. federal health officials said on Thursday.
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By Brian Neill, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Sep. 19--MANATEE -- Workers laid down absorbent cloth along the shore and monitored containment booms in the water at Port Manatee on Monday after 900 gallons of oil used by Florida Power and Light Co. leaked into Tampa Bay.
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A more refined test of the water in the Washington Aqueduct has revealed the presence of perchlorate, a toxic chemical typically found in weapons and explosives, federal officials said yesterday.
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A chemical found in shampoo and hand lotions may damage the developing nervous system, research suggests.
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As many as 75,000 people may have drunk water contaminated by dry cleaning fluid at the Marine base at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
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Some of the thousands of trailers purchased by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2005 after hurricanes tore through the Gulf Coast may finally be put to use to help victims of last week's tornadoes, officials said Tuesday.
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BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - When residents smelled a foul odor coming from a nearby home, they thought it was a meth lab and called firefighters. But firefighters entered the house only to find it full of garbage, authorities said.
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By The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Dec. 15--A Beaumont man died from smoke inhalation Thursday after a fire started in his FEMA trailer, according to Beaumont Fire Department officials.
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NEW ORLEANS Five offshore oil rigs were set adrift in the Gulf of Mexico and three others were damaged by Hurricane Ivan. The Coast Guard says it received a report from Diamond Offshore that a 335-foot semi
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Farmed salmon have been found to accumulate much higher levels of chemical flame retardants than their wild counterparts, raising alarm that they might pose an increased cancer risk.
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After downplaying the risks for months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will rush to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of roughly 35,000 government-issued trailers because tests found dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes.
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Some of the thousands of trailers sitting unused since they were purchased by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2005 for Gulf Coast hurricane victims may finally be put to use Â to help victims of last week's tornadoes, officials said Tuesday.
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Crude oil futures rose on concern Hurricane Ivan may disrupt production, refining and the arrival of shipments as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico, where a quarter of US oil and natural gas is pumped.
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Business & money: Concerns that a fresh wave of hurricanes could hit American oil installations.
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As many as 75,000 people may have drunk water contaminated by dry cleaning fluid at the U.S. Marine base at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
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More than 200 times each day, authorities detect radiation in containers arriving off cargo ships at Port Newark. It's in ceramic tiles, granite, pottery, kitty litter &#151; all natural products made from Earth's elements.
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About 660 pounds of sodium nitrate were found in the van, found by bomb sniffing dogs, a TV report said, citing bomb squad officials.