Issue 86 Campground

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ELKHART -- Recreational vehicle maker Forest River is scheduled to take its place at the defense table as the second bellwether trial over the FEMA units gets underway in Louisiana federal court. Jury selection was to begin Monday in the legal proceeding, according to Courthouse News

Service. At issue is whether formaldehyde fumes in the travel trailers and fifth wheels caused an array of health problems in the Gulf Coast residents who lived in the units after Hurricane Katrina destroyed their homes. "Of course we are hopeful for a settlement," said Becky Gillette,

formaldehyde campaign director for the Sierra Club. "We feel that the government, at the very least, owes these people coverage for their medical expenses." To wade through the thousands of plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against the Federal Continued page 2


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