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"What's turning the Insurance world upside down?. . . Again"

Chinese Manufactured Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings used in storm and sanitary drain, waste, and vent plumbing systems in the US may be the next "Chinese Dry Wall" epidemic. The burning question plaguing the construction and insurance industries is whether the Chinese manufactured cast iron piping being dumped into the US market is sub-standard?  It has proven impossible to get recourse from the Chinese manufacturers because of their defective products.  Their refusal to stand by their cast iron plumbing products, when they fail after installation, leaves a number of US stakeholders in an adverse situation.

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