NU Online News Service, Nov. 24, 3:55 p.m. EST

The Consumer Product Safety Commission defended a study it commissioned on Chinese drywall after a chemical trade group criticized one of its findings related to the presence of formaldehyde.

Yesterday, the CPSC announced the completion of a 51-home study conducted by Massachusetts-based Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) which found a linkage between the Chinese drywall, the level of hydrogen sulfide in homes with the drywall, and the corrosion of metal components in the homes.

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