Still getting FEMA'ed: "The Nation" article on toxic FEMA trailers

Almost a year and a half after Katrina, FEMA trailers are about the only visible sign of any Federal commitment to citizens in the disaster area. Now it turns out that the trailers are making the survivors sick, and sometimes even killing them.


Dying for a Home
by Amanda Spake
The Nation


Along the Gulf Coast, in the towns and fishing villages from New Orleans to Mobile, survivors of Hurricane Katrina are suffering from a constellation of similar health problems. They wake up wheezing, coughing and gasping for breath. Their eyes burn; their heads ache; they feel tired, lethargic. Nosebleeds are common, as are sinus infections and asthma attacks. Children and seniors are most severely afflicted, but no one is immune.

There's one other similarity: The people suffering from these illnesses live in trailers supplied by the Federal Emergency Management Administration.

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