Monthly Archives: April 2009
Flooded Home=Mold Issues
The Minnesota Department of Health wants to make sure that residents whose homes flooded recently get cleaned up right away, to avert any health related consequences of mold exposure. Dry it up ASAP. That will help avert damage. When you … Continue reading
Get It Fixed
It’s a fantastic opportunity to buy now, if you’ve got some money set aside to invest in a home. There are a lot of empty properties out there, needing to be purchased, and sellers are very motivated these days. So … Continue reading
Mold Uproots the Levesques
Eight months pregnant, Kathleen Levesque is uprooting her family to move out of state to a house known to be safe. 709 Rollotrend Lane, their former residence, has failed a series of health inspections, leaving the family with no option … Continue reading
Toxic Mold Shuts Down Charlotte Recreation
The $250 million parks and recreation bonds approved by voters last November did not cover the renovation or replacement of the 521 Recreation Center. Which is too bad for Mecklenburg County residents, because their so-called 521 Recreation Center is closing … Continue reading
Mattress Mold Victims?
Is there mold in your mattress? This couple purchased a mattress for $1,081.19 in 1999 and now their mattress has mold. Apparently the mattress is being replaced. A ten year old mattress is going to have more living dust mites … Continue reading
The Irony of Mold
It is legally difficult to pin down mold as a cause of illness, even though there is clear cause and effect evidence, scientific evidence and medical evidence. Medically, mold has been found culpable in affecting the health of the immune-deficient, … Continue reading
Mold Moves in; Kids Move Out
Because St. Dominic’s Catholic school is hosting mold in its ceiling, walls and floor, its kindergarten class may be hosted at a portable building at Mills Elementary School, at least that is what seems to be going on here. The … Continue reading
Government on Path to Getting Taken. Again.
Apparently, Wailuku county in Hawaii has been paying about $75,000 per year to lease a moldy building owned by Honolulu-based Kalama Land Co in a contract that runs through 2026. A study recommended they buy the property and convert or … Continue reading
A Mold Misstatement used in Court
A Critique of the ACOEM Statement on Mold: Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest in the Creation of an “Evidence-based” Statement JAMES CRANER, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACP Int J Occup Environ Health. 2008 Oct-Dec;14(4):283-98. That’s a .pdf worth reading. I’ll give you … Continue reading
Spring Cleaning to Prevent Mold-related Heart Disease
There was a time when spring cleaning became an essential annual ritual because homes were heated with wood fires, and later, with coal or oil-burning stoves. This left a house covered in soot and grime, plus, of course, the stale … Continue reading
Mold’s Playground
Wet basements and crawlspaces are mold’s playground. If you’re experiencing allergy symptoms, you should probably investigate your basement and crawlspaces–or have it done for you–to see if hidden moisture has provided a breeding ground for mold. Mycotoxin exposure is not … Continue reading
Mold Remediation Comes to Yuma County Public Health Dept
Isn’t it ironic that the government hasn’t set mold standards but the local health department is all too frequently in the news getting a mold-makeover? That’s what is happening with the Yuma County Public Health Department Building. Apparently the mold … Continue reading
Old and Fearing Mold
Manitoba Housing has a senior facility where residents live in fear of mold, thanks to a March 23 intrusion of water. Seniors are refusing to be put off by claims the water is clean–maybe the seniors know that mold likes … Continue reading
September National Indoor Toxic Mold Awareness Month
According to the Carson City Legislature, September has been designated National Indoor Toxic Mold Awareness Month. THis is one of 23 resolutions that have been passed. Very ironic isn’t it? when science and so many of the courts refuse to … Continue reading
Mold Dies In LA Court
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the $1.1 million MOLD civil suit of Heather Jenkins and Melissa Dawn McKee, former tenants of Unit 1103 of the Greenbrier Estates apartments in Slidell Louisiana. Chester J. … Continue reading