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Drywall is the latest import from China to be a target of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Adulterated construction wallboard--not fabricated from pure gypsum--is suspected of causing indoor air pollution in as many as 60,000 homes nationwide. NBC's Mark Potter, filing from Miami, told us that most of the complaints are from Florida, where hurricane repairs and a building boom combined to create a drywall shortage between 2004 and 2007. The shortage, in turn, led to a surge of imports, especially from Knauf Plasterboard, based in Tianjin. CBS labeled Armen Keteyian's report on the same problem an Investigation. The addition of sulfurous chemicals to the inert gypsum can lead to corrosion of electrical wiring inside walls and the emission of noxious fumes. Yet, Keteyian told us, "there are no federal standards for how drywall is manufactured." Let the lawsuits flow.
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