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June 23, 2008 EPA Agrees to Study Methods to Reduce Formaldehyde in Homes, Offices, and Schools Agency investigation comes in response to Sierra Club, petitioners' pressure. In response to a petition from Sierra Club, 24 other organizations and more than 5,000 individuals representing every state in the country, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to conduct a four-part investigation of formaldehyde in our homes, schools and offices. Sierra Club press release EPA decision Updated April, 2008 Sierra Club Factsheet: Toxic Trailers? Tests Reveal High Formaldehyde Levels In FEMA Trailers Sierra Club testing has shown that 88 percent of FEMA trailers tested in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama have levels of formaldehyde above the recommended limit of 0.10ppm for short term exposure. Using limits recommended for long term exposure, none of the trailers were safe. This exposes tens of thousands of occupants to the potential for health impacts including watery eyes, burning sensations of the eyes, nose, and throat, coughing, wheezing, nausea, and skin rashes. Especially vulnerable are mothers, children and the elderly, who tend to spend more time in the trailers. Download the factsheet. Sierra Club Chronicles: "Storm in the Gulf" The Sierra Club Chronicles TV series captures the extraordinary efforts of ordinary people across America. When a powerful politician paved the way for the drilling of oil and gas in the Gulf Islands National Seashore, he did not expect opposition from a coalition of unlikely environmentalists who prefer a lasting tourist trade and pristine beach to temporary gain. The Gulf Islands National Seashore is a thin necklace of pristine barrier islands off the coast of Mississippi. But through a manipulation of the recently passed Energy Bill, a clandestine clause in the Patriot act, and old fashion quid pro quo money politics, Republican Governor (and former RNC Chairman) Haley Barbour has paved the way for oil and to start drilling under this national park. Read more and watch clips. Notes from the Gulf Coast First-hand stories from Sierra Club folks in the Gulf Coast about how their lives were affected by the 2005 hurricanes -- and the ensuing cleanup. By the Numbers Did you know that Louisiana has been losing its wetlands at a rate of 16,000 acres per year? Or that 8 million gallons of oil were spilled as a result of Katrina? >> More by the Numbers. Rebuild Gulf Coast, Don't Waste Billions on Pork Citizens are ahead of their representatives, urging that funds should go toward rebuilding the Gulf Coast rather than wasting billions on unnecessary pork projects. >> Read more and contact your representative. The School of Big Storms The High Cost of Compromising our Natural Defenses and the Benefits of Protecting Them (pdf file) Build Back Green, Clean and Safe A Sierra Club Guide To Green Building Principles, Practices And Materials (pdf file) Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle A briefing paper on garbage, debris and recycling policies and options in use in Louisiana and around the United States (pdf file) GreenZone Fact Sheet Recommendations for resourceful management of destruction debris (pdf file) Holy Cross Green Zone Demo Project and GreenZone Task Force Update VISION: An eco-industrial green zone that practices and demonstrates integrated waste management for terminated building stock, using deconstruction, reuse, and recycling, to create jobs, improve the environment, and greatly reduce material sent to landfills (pdf file--be patient with download!) Focus on solutions Chevron And Dupont Post-Katrina Expansions Show Corporate Opportunism At Worst Environmental Health Sciences' Katrina news portal. Sierra Club Environmental Justice Projects: Louisiana Sierra Magazine: January/February 2006 Ways & Means: Disaster Denial What Hurricane Katrina has in common with September 11 Report: Environmental Stewardship Concepts EPA and Mississippi MDEQ sediment sampling post Katrina woefully inadequate Katrina: One Year Later Local Industry: Pouring Toxins into Already Cancerous Wounds Photo: Mary Jo Singleton Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | © 2008 Sierra Club