Drywall

CPSC has completed its investigation into problem drywall. Learn how to identify problem drywall and to fix the problem.

CPSC has received about 4,051 reports from residents in 44 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico, who believe their health symptoms or the corrosion of certain metal components in their homes are related to problem drywall. State and local authorities have also received similar reports. Homeowners report corrosion or blackening of metal in or on electrical fixtures, appliances, plumbing and air conditioner coils. Consumers largely report that their homes were built in 2006 to 2007, when an unprecedented increase in new construction occurred in part due to the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005.

Where Has Problem Drywall Been Reported?

How Can I Tell If My Home Has Problem Drywall?

Safety Guides

A Guide to Indoor Air Quality

EPA: Indoor Air Quality in Homes

Drywall Investigation

Drywall Investigation Documents

Resources

CDC Response to Imported Drywall

FTC Alert: Tests for Defective Drywall

Remediation Guidance for Homes with Corrosion from Problem Drywall

CPSC Completes Final Studies to Help Affected Homeowners Remediate Problem Drywall

Study of the Possible Effect of Problem Drywall Presence on Foreclosures

The Safety Guides, Safety Alerts, and Neighborhood Safety Network posters listed below are available to download from CPSC’s website.

CPSC Safety Alerts and Neighborhood Safety Network posters are not available to order. If you would like to use these safety publications, they are free to download and print.

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Safety Resources

Tempered Glass Safety Alert

Tempered glass is a technology that is designed to fail safely. Consumer products that use tempered glass should rupture into small, fragmented pieces, and not into larger shards if shattered.

Overheated Clothes Dryers Can Cause Fires

Prevent dryer fires by cleaning the dryer vent, exhaust duct and lint screen/filter periodically.

Overheated Clothes Dryers Can Cause Fires in Spanish

Safety Barrier Guidelines for Home Pools

How do you keep children and others safe in your home pool, spa or hot tub?� Barriers help�prevent drownings and near-drownings. These CPSC guidelines cover fences, gates, power safety covers and audible alarms for doors with access to pools.

Don't Swim with Shocks: Electrical Safety In and Around Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs

Protect yourself and others from shock or electrocution in and around pools, hot tubs and spas.

The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality

Use this checklist to prepare for an emergency and to spot possible safety problems in your home.

Safety for Older Consumers - Home Checklist

Use this checklist to prepare for an emergency and to spot possible safety problems in your home.

Safety for Older Consumers - Home Checklist in Spanish

Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home

Lead from paint, chips and dust can pose serious health hazards if not taken care of properly.

Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home in Spanish

Indoor Air Pollution: Introduction for Health Professionals

Learn about the signs and symptoms of indoor air pollution and remedial actions that can be taken.

Healthy Indoor Painting Practices

Are you planning to paint inside your home? Consider these safety tips to reduce potential problems for residents, painters and neighbors.

Avoiding Tap Water Scalds

Avoid tap water scalds. Lower your water heater temperature to 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

Renovate Right

Screens are meant to keep bugs out, not kids in. Use window guards or stops and keep furniture away from windows so little ones can’t climb near windows.

Preventing Window Falls

Screens are meant to keep bugs out, not kids in. Use window guards or stops and keep furniture away from windows so little ones can’t climb near windows.

Non-Reversing Garage Door Openers are a Hazard

Garage doors should have a sensor or electric eye that automatically reverses the door if someone steps into its path when it is closing. This is a federal mandatory standard.

Care of Room Humidifiers

Dirty room humidifiers may cause health problems.

Biological Pollutants in Your Home

How to deal with biological pollutants in your home.

Asbestos In The Home

What should you do about asbestos in your home? See our safety guide.

Are Your Window Coverings Safe?

About one child dies each month from window cord strangulation and another child suffers near strangulation. CPSC recommends cordless window coverings to prevent this tragedy.

Kids can strangle on window blind cords.� It’s best to go cordless.

An Update on Formaldehyde

Concerned about formaldehyde in your home? Learn how to reduce your exposure.

Prevent Child In-Home Drowning Deaths

Children drown in bathtubs, buckets and pails, not just in pools or spas. Stay within arm’s reach when baby is in the bathtub and keep children away from buckets and pails you use for household chores.

Prevent Child In-Home Drowning Deaths in Spanish

Posters

Make Safety a Family Holiday Tradition

Follow these tips to help make your holiday a safe one.

Make Safety a Family Holiday Tradition in Spanish

Got Kids? Go Cordless!

October is Window Covering Safety Month

Got Kids? Go Cordless! in Spanish

Prevent child strangulations! Keep window cords away from kids!

Prevent child strangulations! Keep window cords away from kids! in Spanish

Stop In-Home Drowning Deaths

Children can drown quickly and silently in containers of water inside the home as well as in outdoor pools. Be aware. Don’t let it happen.

Inflatable Air Mattresses

Placing infants ages 15 months old and younger to sleep on an inflatable air mattress can be a deadly danger.

Inflatable Air Mattresses in Spanish

See It Before You Sign It

Most fatal campus fires take place in off-campus housing.

See It Before You Sign It in Spanish

Seven Highly Effective Portable Heater Safety Habits

Develop good habits for using portable electric heaters to prevent a fire in your home.

Seven Highly Effective Portable Heater Safety Habits in Spanish

Are You Destined for a Fall?

About two-thirds of all hospital emergency room visits by adults 65 and older involve falls. Use these tips to reduce the chances of falls in your home.

Are You Destined for a Fall? in Spanish