Chinese drywall conference: more questions

Meeting held in Orlando drew more than 275 people:

“During a lunch meeting, Lori Streit of Aurora, Ill.-based Unified Engineering Inc., which is conducting lab tests on the drywall for the Florida Department of Health, said early results show that the chemical strontium in U.S.-based wallboard ranges up to 300 parts per million, but Chinese drywall is registering at 2,000 to 3,000 parts per million, one possible clue as to why the board may emit noxious sulfuric odors.

Still, conference attendees and speakers said that not enough is known about the material and what can be done about it.  “I have 45 minutes that I can’t fill because I don’t know that much,” Fort Myers attorney Scott Weinstein said during his speech.

“There are still more questions than answers.” ”

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