NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall should be gutted, according to new guidelines released Friday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The guidelines say electrical ...

MANATEE — Limited laboratory testing of Chinese-made drywall found it contained higher levels of sulfuric and organic compounds than an American sample, a consultant said in a preliminary report ...

Dr. Patricia Williams, a University of New Orleans toxicologist hired by a Louisiana law firm that represents plaintiffs in some of the cases, said she has identified highly toxic compounds in the ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently finished a 51-home study that found a definitive link between Chinese drywall and elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide, a dangerous compound that reeks ...

Tenenbaum said some samples of the Chinese-made product emit 100 times as much hydrogen sulfide as drywall made elsewhere. The agency continues to investigate possible health effects, but preliminary ...

A specialized task force headed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) developed a system of criteria to use in identifying houses ...

* Move aims to help consumers deal with drywall problems * Homeowners blame drywall for nose bleeds, headaches * Emissions from Chinese drywall 100 times above others By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON, April ...

According to the CPSC, some findings during home testing came as a surprise. When looking for evidence of the 'rotten egg' smell reported by owners -- hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide and carbonyl ...

A swarm of federal agencies investigating drywall imported from China reported halting progress Thursday on identifying what's wrong with the drywall, establishing a scientific connection between the ...

While the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission dallies on instructing people how to fix homes damaged by corrosive drywall, the National Association of Home Builders has become the first major ...