I can't stand the fact that Nelson is blowing all his air directly at the CPSC and of course it's Bush appointed Chairman. This guy needs to get his nose out of this area, it"s something he knows nothing about. His comments wreaks of another opportunity to screw us over with another big bill with a ton of money going to his and Landrieus districts and/or state. There hasn't been a death or disability as a result of this tainted drywall to date. There's an inconvenience to these homeowners and many are sick because of it and the drywall should be replaced yes. All across the country many building defects affect homeowners as well and in many cases they are as serious if not more then this one. The magnitude of this problem allows it to be played as a serious one and again, it is. It just too bad people like Nelson and others want to politicize this issue rather then allowing the experts, home owners, builders, manufacturer, suppliers and other related parties to take care of this as we've always done. That would be through the court system, your profession. This isn't just drywall, it's a whole lot of other goods, services and items consumed daily here in America.

Right Amanda, nobody wants to die from what they eat or drink. Nobody wanted to die from airplanes flying into their workplace or from poisoned Tylenol either but because of some nut jobs, they did. These were intentional acts. The owner of the Peanut Butter company in Georgia I believe, knew he had a bad product but continued to deliver it. On the other hand the pistachio company was busted after Kraft alerted the FDA about their discovery of contaminated nuts they got from that plant. After all it looks like Kraft may have saved some lives by being so thorough themselves with their own quality control.
Are you really up to speed about why this drywall is bad? Do you know where it came from and who brought it into our country? Do you know why so much of it was used?
I believe that Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Ltd did not deliberately produce this board to make Americans sick and contaminate homes. Their drywall is used in over 50 countries around the world. Now it is particularly interesting that in 2006 the mine they extracted the gypsum from was closed and another was used. Perhaps they discovered this problem only after it was too late. That is worth investigating.
Meanwhile every "expert" attorney or consumer advocate is out there instilling fear into homeowners all across the country. Do you know how many homes were built during this time period and how many people bought one? Do you know how many people have chronic allergy or sinus problems. And now we have many people like those I've described calling Americas Watchdog and other consumer protection groups claiming they too have a home built with tainted Chinese Drywall. I've talked to them and have inspected their homes only to find nothing but a family with allergies and sinus problems.
I am involved in Construction Defect Litigation. My job is Forensic investigation,inspections and testing of thousands of homes for plaintiffs involved in suits against home builders. Everyday I see serious defects that have been built into homes by builders knowing that these defects are their, yet due to time constraints such as move in and target dates, they intentionally ignore them. There are "undocumented workers" who claim to be experienced construction workers making up a large part of this industries work force. Most can't speak English yet they have to build the homes with plans that are in English. That hasn't worked to well either believe me. So yes, we do have a serious problem with this tainted drywall but we also have a serious problem with many other building defects knowingly being or have been built into thousands of homes. Landrieu, Nelson, and Wexler should be applauded for their efforts in helping the people with this problem, but they need to see the bigger too. Building defects have been a big problem in our country, yet they seem to have missed other opportunities to help in the past. Hurricanes and other natural disasters expose these defects, inefficient building practices, materials and designs. Where has the outrage been? They cannot be allowed to use this as an opportunity to take and spend more of our money wastefully. Lets find the bad board, deal with the replacement and then look at what we can do to prevent this from happening again. If replacement of the Chairman needs to implemented then find but lets fix the problem first and not point fingers or place blame until we"re absolutely sure. Feel free to email me if have any questions about the Chinese drywall. I've been studying this since last October when I first heard about it.

Correct the problem, yes. However we need to hold all these officials feet to the fire. When you make the big bucks, and get the big perks, you ought to be more accountable for all the mess. Especially noted in this past non-accountable for anything administration.