Just Another Thing to Worry About....

If you haven't heard about Chinese drywall, here's a link that will bring you up to date:

http://www.workingre.com/workingre/chinese-drywall-understanding-and-uncovering.html

Any home built or renovated since 2001 is potentially harboring this stuff.  Much of it was imported under American brands and mixed in with domestic drywall.  Not all Chinese drywall is a problem, to further complicate the picture.  If you have enough of the bad stuff, it will wreak havoc with your electrical system and components, with the potential to cause arcing which could cause an electrical fire.  Here's another web site that has more information about the problem:

http://www.chinesedrywall.com/