FEMA Trailers Must Meet Texas Health Standards AUSTIN, TX (kccu-fm) - Texas Governor Rick Perry wants all temporary transitional housing given to Hurricane Ike evacuees by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to meet acceptable formaldehyde standards set by state health officials.

Perry said yesterday he wants to ensure that some of the 1.2 million Texans evacuated during Ike who need temporary housing ``are not put back in harm's way in unsafe housing.''

Acceptable indoor levels of formaldehyde is less than 40 parts per billion. Trailers provided during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita had unhealthy levels of the chemical, a natural substance that can become hazardous in large concentrations. © Copyright 2009, kccu-fm