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Monday Morning Mold - February 17, 2003
Mold in the Media
February 17, 2003
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Mold Stories
-- DIY (Do It Yourself) Network to Airing Five Part Special On Mold this Month -
February, 2003
-- Mold discrimination (Salem Statesman Journal, OR - February 9, 2003)
-- Emerging technologies in wood protection (Chemistry.org, D.C. - February 16,
2003)
-- Forecast for insurance: Clearing? (Palm Beach Post, FL - February 16, 2003)
-- Opinion: Legislation coddles developers, but homeowners would lose right to
repair defective workmanship (Denver Rocky Mountain News, CO - February 15,
2003)
-- The Economics of Mold: Tyler Pain-Relief Product Company Going Public (Tyler
Morning Telegraph, TX - February 16, 2003)
-- Mold of the Week: Penicillium Genus
-- School Mold - Officials say schools' mold poses no danger (South Florida
Sun-Sentinel, FL - February 14, 2003)
-- School Mold: Bungay officials fight mold (Derby Valley Gazette, CT - February
13, 2003)
-- School Mold: Fort Foote parents waiting for mold test results (Maryland
Gazette Newspapers, MD - February 12, 2003)
-- For Fun (Sort of): Mass of mold in juice bottle held his gaze - you eyeball a
drink, you don't expect it to look back (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA -
February 14, 2003)
-- The Law Offices of Cynthia Coulter Mulvihill, APC - a general law practice
Happy
President's Day! California courts are closed today, and there is no mail
delivery. However, my office is open, should you have a sudden need to discuss
California law, mold, California law on mold . . .
The last
article is a bit of "mold fun", but it brings back memories of an unfortunate
bottle of Nestlé Nestea a few years ago. I didn't even open the bottle, but I
haven't had iced tea since.
DIY
(Do It Yourself) Network to Airing Five Part Special On Mold this Month -
February, 2003
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As homeowners become more aware of and concerned about the dangers of toxic mold
in their homes, they can learn much from DIY's informational five-part workshop
on this potentially hazardous problem. The workshop covers what is toxic mold
and how does it get into a home; the specific health hazards associated with
toxic mold; hot to inspect a home for mold or potential mold problems;
preventing mold from occurring; and treating homes to remove toxic mold. DIY
includes an online mold test so that viewers can assess the potential risk of a
serious mold problem developing in their homes.
Click here for: DIY (Do It Yourself) Network to Airing Five Part Special On Mold
this Month - February, 2003
Mold
discrimination (Salem Statesman Journal, OR - February 9, 2003)
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It's unfair. I just received my homeowner's insurance renewal. They have put an
exclusion in my policy, "eliminating coverage for loss consisting of or caused
by mold, fungus, wet rot, dry rot and bacteria."
This is
highly unfair. The greater Northwest is known for mold, fungus, wet rot, dry rot
and bacteria.
Click here for: Mold discrimination (Salem Statesman Journal, OR - February 9,
2003)
Emerging
technologies in wood protection (Chemistry.org, D.C. - February 16, 2003)
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Technology, which has become synonymous with innovation, involves the
application of knowledge to develop new commercial products and processes.
Technology has become increasingly important as companies try to compete in a
fierce and unforgiving global competitive environment. Recent restrictions on
the use of the wood preservative chromated-- copper- arsenate (CCA) are focusing
public and government attention on technological developments in the wood
protection arena, specifically the availability of alternatives to CCA. The
ready availability of arsenic- and chromium-free copper-based preservatives to
replace CCA is proof of the ability of chemical suppliers to innovate and
produce products that are attuned to the commercial realities of the
marketplace. Currently, the market requires efficacious and inexpensive
preservatives that can protect wood from biological deterioration without
reliance on chemicals that possess high mammalian toxicity. Environmental
concerns have driven this change and are likely to shape future innovation in
this sector.
Emerging
technologies promise competitive advantage, reductions in the environmental
impact of treated wood products, and the solution to seemingly intractable
problems such as the treatment of refractory timbers. More generally, technology
is shaping the structure of the industry as developments in other fields open up
new markets, provide opportunities for product diversification, or produce
substitutes such as wood- plastic lumber that displace treated timber from its
traditional strongholds. This article will review the emerging chemicals,
processes, and raw materials for the protection of wood.
Click here for: Emerging technologies in wood protection (Chemistry.org, D.C. -
February 16, 2003)
Forecast for
insurance: Clearing? (Palm Beach Post, FL - February 16, 2003)
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Amid talk of war, faltering stock markets and nuclear crises comes some halfway
optimistic news about insurance in Florida.
Don't get
too excited. It isn't as though premiums are going to drop any time soon. It
isn't as though there will be immediate relief from the past two years of
spasmodic increases in the cost of coverage for homes, homeowner associations,
cars and medical malpractice. But the last elected insurance commissioner in
Florida history guesses that relief, kind of, will come, maybe, in about two or
three years -- if everything works out.
Click here for: Forecast for insurance: Clearing? (Palm Beach Post, FL -
February 16, 2003)
Opinion:
Legislation coddles developers, but homeowners would lose right to repair
defective workmanship (Denver Rocky Mountain News, CO - February 15, 2003)
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For most Coloradans and Americans, homeownership is a long-term dream that
culminates in the most important investment of their lives. Unfortunately, that
dream can become a nightmare because of construction defects resulting in
cracked foundations, buckling walls and other severe problems.
These
problems not only disrupt the peaceful enjoyment of the victims' homes, but also
can necessitate costly repairs. Unfortunately, the developer lobby - including
the Colorado Home Builders Association - is pushing for legislation that will
make it harder for Colorado's homeowners to have defective workmanship repaired
or to receive compensation for costs they incur in efforts to repair their
homes.
Click here for: Opinion: Legislation coddles developers, but homeowners would
lose right to repair defective workmanship (Denver Rocky Mountain News, CO -
February 15, 2003)
The
Economics of Mold: Tyler Pain-Relief Product Company Going Public (Tyler Morning
Telegraph, TX - February 16, 2003)
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A Tyler-based company known for its antibacterial pain- relief spray that has
also been shown to kill anthrax, will go public, its president and chief
executive officer said.
Dennis
Holland said a base of stockholders will allow his company, Eagle Worldwide
Marketing Inc., to continue with research and development, advertise and expand
farther into international markets.
Click here for: The Economics of Mold: Tyler Pain-Relief Product Company Going
Public (Tyler Morning Telegraph, TX - February 16, 2003)
Mold of the
Week: Penicillium Genus
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The genus Penicillium has several species. The most common ones include
Penicillium chrysogenum, Penicillium citrinum, Penicillium janthinellum,
Penicillium marneffei, and Penicillium purpurogenum. Identification to species
level is based on colony morphology and microscopic features.
Penicillium spp. are occasional causes of infection in humans and the resulting
disease is known generically as penicilliosis. Penicillium has been isolated
from patients with keratitis [Deshpande, 1999 #9064], endophtalmitis, otomycosis,
necrotizing esophagitis, pneumonia, endocarditis, peritonitis, and urinary tract
infections. Most Penicillium infections are encountered in immunosuppressed
hosts. Corneal infections are usually post-traumatic. In addition to its
infectious potential, Penicillium verrucosum produces a mycotoxin, ochratoxin A,
which is nephrotoxic and carcinogenic. The production of the toxin usually
occurs in cereal grains at cold climates.
Click here for: Mold of the Week: Penicillium Genus
School Mold - Officials say schools' mold poses no danger (South Florida
Sun-Sentinel, FL - February 14, 2003)
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Mold and mildew, the bane of Broward schools for decades, has resurfaced
throughout one elementary school and persists at a second campus despite efforts
to eliminate it.
Newly
discovered mold at Riverside Elementary in Coral Springs and lingering problems
at Country Isles Elementary in Weston pose no health danger, district officials
stressed Thursday.
Click here for: School Mold - Officials say schools' mold poses no danger (South
Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL - February 14, 2003)
School Mold: Bungay officials fight mold (Derby Valley Gazette, CT - February
13, 2003)
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SEYMOUR - A week after Bungay School parents complained to Board of Education
members about possible mold contamination in several classrooms, Supt. Thomas
Petruny sent them a letter with updates about the situation.
Last
Thursday Petruny met with David Gioiello, an industrial hygienist; Carol Soisson,
the town's director of nursing; Mary Ellen Coppola, school head nurse; Cathy
Colella, principal, and Kevin Murphy, director of operations. They reviewed data
containing information about a series of air quality and mold tests performed
last year, and new material submitted by parents.
Click here for: School Mold: Bungay officials fight mold (Derby Valley Gazette,
CT - February 13, 2003)
School Mold: Fort Foote parents waiting for mold test results (Maryland
Gazette Newspapers, MD - February 12, 2003)
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Anxious parents of Fort Foote Elementary School students have been waiting since
late January for the results of tests for mold conducted by a school board
contractor -- but still have received no word on the condition of the aging
school.
"I think
if we don't receive an answer today, we'll have more anxious parents," PTA
member Darlene Abubakar said Monday, three days after parents expected the
results.
Click here for: School Mold: Fort Foote parents waiting for mold test results
(Maryland Gazette Newspapers, MD - February 12, 2003)
For Fun (Sort of): Mass of mold in juice bottle held his gaze - you eyeball a
drink, you don't expect it to look back (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA -
February 14, 2003)
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NEW YORK -- On Oct. 27, 2002, Sammi Hadzovic and his sister went shopping at the
Costco in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and bought a 24-bottle flat of Tropicana
Season's Best Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice.
At home,
Hadzovic's sister started handing out the 10- ounce bottles to her three
children. As she shook one bottle, she felt something solid moving inside it.
She looked. She screamed. An eyeball was floating at the top.
Click here for: For Fun (Sort of): Mass of mold in juice bottle held his gaze -
you eyeball a drink, you don't expect it to look back (Seattle Post
Intelligencer, WA - February 14, 2003)
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