Virginia Beach votes to ban Chinese drywall

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By Aaron Applegate
The Virginian-Pilot
© May 27, 2009

VIRGINIA BEACH

The City Council voted Tuesday night to ban the use of Chinese drywall in the city.

The resolution comes a week after the Norfolk City Council took the same action.

Councilman Jim Wood, who introduced the resolution, said the ban is a "stopgap measure" until federal regulatory agencies can deem the product safe.

The drywall, which emits a sulfuric acid and has been blamed for damaging air condition systems and wiring, also has been found in housing developments in Norfolk, Chesapeake, Williamsburg and northeastern North Carolina.

- Aaron Applegate

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Stopgap

Submitted by EvanJ on Wed, 05/27/2009 at 6:55 am.

Stopgap until the feds deem it safe - So basically it was presented there was no scientific support for the ban and the research will likely show no problem, but they wanted to pander anyway.