Fuming over formaldehyde

Thursday, October 9, 2008 - 13:07 in Health & Medicine

The CDC demoted a 'whistle-blower' who warned of contaminant in hurricane victims' trailers, a report says. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to act for at least a year on warnings that trailers housing refugees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita contained dangerous levels of formaldehyde, according to a House subcommittee report released Monday.

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