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Toxic Trailers

After pressure from congressional hearings, FEMA is evacuating Hurricane Katrina trailers because of poor air quality.

FEMA, the government’s disaster recovery agency, is evacuating people from trailers they provided as temporary housing after Hurricane Katrina, after determining the air was contaminated with formaldehyde. But as Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports, it took lots of pressure, including congressional hearings, to convince FEMA to make the move.