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Kailah Smith, 18 months, sleeps on a moldy couch caused by rain leaks in her
parents' FEMA trailer just before the family moved out of the trailer to an
apartment May 28,
2008 in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. Smith's parents have had to
hospitalize her four times with bronchitis since they moved into the trailer a
year ago and they say they are sure the trailer is to blame for her illnesses.
Doctors fear tens of thousands of children were exposed to dangerous levels of
the cancer-causing agent formaldehyde in the post-Katrina FEMA trailers and
could have lifelong illnesses. FEMA federal trailer parks that house many
Hurricane Katrina victims are set to close May 31, prompting fears that people
will be forced into residences they can't afford or will be left
homeless. |
