有毒贸易2010:石膏板
吉姆·Vallette
2010年4月13日上午11等
运动:
灯塔
两年前,我帮助组织活动停止危险废物的出口从北方工业化世界的其余部分。最终,我们的工作导致了禁令毒性等多种形式的贸易。这令人震惊的看到相同的技巧,浪费交易员在贫困社区重演在我的祖国。当时,公司标明有毒灰作为“建筑材料”和“肥料”和倾倒的废物海岸的海地的字段孟加拉国。最近,一个诉讼由路易斯安那州总检察长詹姆斯d·考德威尔“好友”断言公司捕食者冲在卡特里娜飓风和丽塔飓风和倾销中国粉煤灰墙体的形式用于修理房屋的房屋。路易斯安那州的套装的名字23被告。其中最主要的:德国可耐福国际建材巨头。可耐福在中国运营着三个墙板植物主要来源的石膏板导入到墨西哥湾沿岸各州在2006年和2007年。“寻求获利的绝望路易斯安那伤害飓风卡特里娜和丽塔,可耐福(美国)敦促内部外部(当地的分销商)购买中国可耐福石膏板,”投诉。可耐福的司法部长称具体行动和一个相关的主要建筑材料公司,美国石膏(USG),将有毒石膏板从中国到美国市场。这个投诉还描述了中国国有企业的作用,北京新建筑材料,它是世界上第三大墙板公司。但很明显,很多责任在西方跨国公司的办公场所。至少78%的干墙2006年从中国进口来自中国可耐福的操作,根据美国海关数据。起诉书说,可耐福的国际办公室“严格控制”三种植物在中国,和协调的墙板出口到美国的货物是由美国进口的,可耐福”也持有大量股权。 “In pursuit of profit, Defendants proactively pushed their defective Chinese drywall into Louisiana in massive quantities, knowing that domestic supplies were very low and that Louisiana desperately needed drywall to commence its rebuilding efforts. Defendants’ drywall is and was inherently defective and not suitable for its intended use. It is and was defective, noxious, and toxic, and will remain so for a long but unknown span of years.” The AG alleges that under Knauf’s control, the Chinese wallboard plants produced drywall made with fly ash, from coal-fired power plants – a material which is not used in wallboard manufactured in North America. This is a much different chemical composition than Flue Gas Desulphurization waste, also called synthetic gypsum, which is a common substitute for natural (mined) gypsum in drywall. “[T]he Defendants knew or should have known that their use of substandard materials and their shoddy manufacturing and inadequate or non-existent quality-control processes would result in defective, noxious, and toxic drywall which emits a variety of dangerous chemicals,” alleges the AG, including formaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide and carbonyl sulfide. The AG’s complaint also notes the presence of naphthalene sulfonate additives, which I discussed in last week’s Signal. “Drywall may consist of two other materials with sulfur content: alkyl ethoxy sulfates as foaming agents, and lignin or naphthalene sulfonates as dispersing agents,” it states. For their parts, Knauf’s U.S. operations, and US Gypsum, have tried to distance themselves from this scandal. Last March, Knauf Insulation North America issued an Orwellian press release, saying that it needed to“澄清。“可耐福保温北美总裁Bob克拉克斯顿指出,一系列关于石膏板的新闻报道中使用佛罗里达。“不幸的是,许多报告确定的可耐福而不是可耐福石膏板(天津作为一个来源的从中国进口的产品。这导致了市场的混乱…可耐福保温是一个业务单元,设有独立于任何其他可耐福的业务,包括可耐福石膏板(天津)。可耐福保温在北美和我们的产品不与石膏板相关问题。“然而,可耐福保温GmbH是一家,可耐福(美国)现在被告在路易斯安那州。虽然这些跨国公司推卸责任,让成千上万的房主处理补救的健康影响和巨大的成本。美国消费者产品安全委员会上周建议“消费者移除所有可能问题干墙从家里,和更换电器元件和线路,服务管道天然气,灭火喷水灭火系统、烟雾报警器和一氧化碳报警器。采取这些步骤应该有助于消除问题的根源石膏板和corrosion-damaged组件,可能会导致安全问题。“飓风的灾难在2000年代中期预示次生灾害由人,不自然。从有毒的拖车,有毒的石膏板,墨西哥湾沿岸居民首当其冲商务的基本的本能。AG)考德威尔的抱怨说,“那些重建家庭基本上都是毫无价值的,不适宜居住,除非他们再次矫正....被告遭受不公正丰富。”And, the homeowners have been unjustly sickened. Over 3,000 people have complained of health impacts ranging from asthma attacks to heart disease. Our灯塔建筑材料评价体系包括石膏板中国制造的。我们希望这些信息能够帮助用户理解所带来的独特的危害这些工业废料的副产品。
HBN6012