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• Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• Date: February 01, 2009
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• Bylines: Aaron Kessler
• Topics: Business , Safety
• Data Types: Federal Data
• Description/Excerpt: The Great Immensity's shipment was one of hundreds that have arrived on American shores since January 2006, a Herald-Tribune analysis of shipping data shows. All told, at least 550 million pounds of Chinese drywall have come into the United States since 2006. With that quantity, some experts say, you could construct 60,000 average-size homes. Builders who used the material, like Miami-based Lennar Corp., acknowledge that the gases being emitted from some of the Chinese drywall are the cause of the corrosion eating away at the guts of homes. The gases have blackened metal components such as coils and wiring. Homeowners have reported televisions, computers and other electronics failing, and even silver jewelry turning black.