Florida Woman Sick Over Living In "Chinese Drywall Prison;" Sunk Life Savings Into Now-Worthless House; Safer To Live In Car, Says Doc

In Port St. Lucie, Florida, WPTV-TV Channel 5 reports:

• Gloria Berson loved her house. She had the kitchen she always wanted and big plans to turn it into her private paradise. "It was our dream home," she says. Then things started getting weird. The AC blew and the pipes turned black. The TV started losing its color. The jewelry and silverware turned splotchy. All symptoms that the 26-hundred square feet of drywall in this home came courtesy of China.

• "We're stuck in a beautiful toxic house," says Berson. Then she started getting sick. She has nose bleeds and she's constantly tired and she wonders what her house is doing to her while she sleeps. "Nobody knows what the long term side-effects are going to be. It could be brain tumor, heart attack. Who knows what it's going to do to me."

• Berson is currently fighting with her insurance company, but they told her they'd never heard of Chinese drywall prior to her claim. She's also involved in a class action lawsuit against her home builder and the drywall manufacturers. That suit however could take years. The problem for Berson is she's got nowhere to go. Before she was laid off, she'd sunk her life savings into the place. Now, it's worth nothing. She can't sell it. She can't afford to leave it. All that's left for her is foreclosure, but even then, she'll be homeless. That leaves her with few options, except for the advice her own doctor gave her. "He said you'd be safer living in your car. I'm thinking about it."

Source: This prison made of drywall.