Sabre Media Coverage
2010
March 31 — Press Release
PERVASIVE BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION FOUND IN CHINESE DRYWALL
March 31, 2010 - Fort Pierce, Florida – Sabre Environmental Services LLC announced today the latest results of its continuing research and analysis of Chinese drywall. Testing performed by Sabre and independent labs has demonstrated viable bacteria present in Chinese drywall. Sabre has found that a specific type of bacteria, which is unique to Chinese drywall and was identified as Thiobacillus ferrooxidans in an independent published study, is present at high levels and is living within Chinese drywall. Previous speculation was that the bacterial contamination was only at trace, remnant or even nonviable levels, but the Sabre studies reveal that the bacteria is alive and present at 100 to 100,000 colony forming units per gram of Chinese drywall. Of equal significance, when exposed to conditions similar to those found in the southern United States, these bacteria generate reduced sulfur gases. This level of bacterial contamination is considered pervasive, and is comparable to levels found in landfills. With this level of contamination, there would be between 3 million and 3 billion living bacterial colony forming units in a standard sheet of Chinese drywall.
March 16 — Press Release
Communities with Chinese Drywall Share Stories of Relief
"Give Forward" Program Offers Hope
March 16, 2010 - Vero Beach, Florida – Several residents in the Antilles community of Vero Beach, Florida, whose homes were built with contaminated drywall, have recently had their homes decontaminated using Sabre Environmental Services LLC's patented treatment process.
Homeowners, who have used this solution to permanently solve their Chinese drywall problem, opened their homes and welcomed neighbors, builders, real estate agents, and many others at an open house and technology demonstration held on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
Sabre was invited to the open forum to answer all questions related to the science and technology used and homeowners had an opportunity to share their stories of relief.
K. Morgan, an Antilles homeowner, told the group: "This was a big problem. And this is a company that knows how to solve big problems with science. My wife and I looked closely at the alternative of ripping it out. We want our neighbors to know—we want our community to know—that there is a much better solution. We are recently back in our home and this nightmare is behind us."