Hope, Arkansas has been home to 10,000 of these FEMA trailers that were said to contain high levels of formaldehyde.  Take a look at some photos of the area.

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge on Monday refused to grant class-action status to lawsuits claiming that thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane victims were exposed to potentially toxic fumes while living in government-issued trailers.

U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt ruled that a batch of lawsuits on behalf of hundreds of plaintiffs against the federal government and several trailer manufacturers can’t be handled as a class action because each person’s claim is unique and must be examined individually.

Government tests found elevated levels of formaldehyde in many of the trailers that housed victims of Katrina and Rita after those powerful hurricanes clobbered the Gulf Coast in 2005.

Formaldehyde is a preservative that can cause breathing problems and is classified as a carcinogen.

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