Houses made with drywall produced in China have been plagued with numerous safety and health issues. Now a lawsuit brought by U.S. homeowners is targeting the Chinese drywall sector.

A Tribune editorial warned consumers last July of the dangers of Chinese goods, especially drywall. In 2006, U.S. imports of Chinese drywall peaked at 503 million pounds, enough for 32,000 homes, according to the editorial.

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans federal judge on Thursday awarded seven Virginia families $2.6 million in damages for homes ruined by sulfur-emitting drywall made in China, a decision that could affect how lawsuits by thousands of other homeowners are settled.

Product safety officials in China are investigating jewelry makers and warning them against using cadmium after high levels of the cancer-causing metal were found in Chinese-made children’s trinkets sold in the United States.

Beijing—Product safety officials in China are currently investigating and warning the nation’s jewelry manufacturers against using cadmium, a cancer-causing metal that was found in high levels earlier this year in children’s jewelry sold in U.S. stores, the Associated Press has reported.

For over a year Americas Watchdog’s Chinese Drywall Complaint Center has been demanding President Obama, and his Administration get involved with the toxic Chinese drywall disaster, that is effecting 100,000’s of completely innocent US homeowners. On Friday April 2nd, 2010, the feckless US Consumer Products Safety Commission finally came up with a statement suggesting that gutting a home with toxic Chinese drywall-was the solution. According to the group,”there is just one slight problem with the US Consumer Products Safety Commissions Gut Your Toxic Chinese Drywall House Missive-who pays for this?” The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center says, “the vast majority of effected homeowners cannot afford the $100,000+ repair bill, most homebuilders cannot afford it-and our absolutely worthless quote unquote friend-the Chinese have this US disaster on ignore——-we need a President who goes to Florida & sees for himself-this is a disaster & these people need disaster relief-now.” For more information please contact the Chinese Drywall Complaint Center at 866-714-6466, or contact the group via its web site at http://ChineseDrywallComplaintCenter.Com

Earliest reports of problems arising from “Chinese drywall” in US homes date to 2001 with a significant surge in problems associated with homes built or remediated for mold infestation during 2006 to 2007.

NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall should be completely gutted, according to new guidelines released Friday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

WASHINGTON - Homeowners with corrosive Chinese drywall should remove and replace the drywall, wiring, electrical components and gas-service piping, two federal agencies announced Friday

Food and drug regulators are investigating widespread use by restaurants of recycled cooking oil, including oil contaminated by food waste and salvaged from drains, The New York Times reports. A university professor who has studied the problem estimated that recycled oil was being used in 1 in 10 meals in China.