Monday
Morning Mold - March 10, 2003
Mold in the Media
March
10, 2003
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Mold Stories
-- UA finds mold in almost all of 160 U.S. homes tested (Tucson Citizen, AZ -
March 10, 2003)
-- Mold still an issue for county - Judge's lawsuit continued until January 2004
(Visalia Times-Delta, CA - March 7, 2003)
-- Tenant seeks class-action status - Woman evicted after mold issue (Nashville
City Paper, TN - March 10, 2003)
-- Feature: Retarding bacteria, mold growth (United Press International - March
5, 2003)
-- Mold Forces Anniston FAA Center To Shut Down - Some Employees Blame Mold For
Sickness (WVTM, AL - March 4, 2003)
-- Abbott adds mold info to AG Web site (San Antonio Business Journal, TX -
March 4, 2003)
-- Mold of the Month: Alternaria spp. (03/03/2003: Description; Today - Features
of Alternaria; 03/17/2003: Pathogenicity of Alternaria; 03/24/2003: Treatment
for Alternaria)
-- Mold Problems Force NCCU Faculty, Students Out Of Biology Building -
Officials Look For Money To Conduct Repairs (WRAL, NC - March 7, 2003)
-- Rooms shut for flooding at PS 153 (Astoria Times, NY - March 6, 2003)
-- Insurance claims often prove risky - Firms sometimes quick to cancel
homeowners (MSNBC - March 10, 2003)
-- For Fun: Jump the Shark!
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UA
finds mold in almost all of 160 U.S. homes tested (Tucson Citizen, AZ - March
10, 2003)
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Household mold is more common than residents believe and often triggers asthma
and allergies, University of Arizona researchers are reporting today.
About 64
percent of the samples taken in Tucson, the only Arizona city surveyed, tested
positive for mold.
Click here for: UA finds mold in almost all of 160 U.S. homes tested (Tucson
Citizen, AZ - March 10, 2003)
Mold still
an issue for county - Judge's lawsuit continued until January 2004 (Visalia
Times-Delta, CA - March 7, 2003)
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Tulare County isn't going to be able to get rid of its mold problem anytime soon
after Judge Elisabeth Krant's lawsuit against the county was continued until
Jan. 12, 2004.
Krant
sued the county in May 2000, claiming a toxic mold growing above ceiling tiles
in her chambers made her sick.
Click here for: Mold still an issue for county - Judge's lawsuit continued until
January 2004 (Visalia Times-Delta, CA - March 7, 2003)
Tenant seeks
class-action status - Woman evicted after mold issue (Nashville City Paper, TN -
March 10, 2003)
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A Middle Tennessee woman who has sued the management company of her apartment
complex over issues surrounding potentially hazardous mold in her residence has
only a few days to find a new place to live following an order last week by a
Sumner County General Sessions judge.
Judge
John Wesley Jones last Thursday said Ohio-based T&R Properties, which manages
Waterview Apartments in Hendersonville, has the legal right to take possession
of a two-bedroom apartment in the complex currently occupied by Sandra Fay.
Jones said the law gives Fay 10 days from the order to find another place to
live.
Click here for: Tenant seeks class-action status - Woman evicted after mold
issue (Nashville City Paper, TN - March 10, 2003)
Feature:
Retarding bacteria, mold growth (United Press International - March 5, 2003)
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CHICAGO, March 5 (UPI) -- What if air conditioning systems did not harbor
bacteria that can lead to bad things such as Legionnaires' disease, or building
materials would not allow the growth of mold or mildew?
What if
food-processing equipment could be kept germ- free, or fungi could be kept from
growing in personal care products like foot spas?
Click here for: Feature: Retarding bacteria, mold growth (United Press
International - March 5, 2003)
Mold Forces
Anniston FAA Center To Shut Down - Some Employees Blame Mold For Sickness (WVTM,
AL - March 4, 2003)
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ANNISTON, Ala. -- The state's flight service station for private aircraft is
expected to open Tuesday after a mold scare.
All
employees in the Anniston center were sent home Friday due to high levels of
mold in the center.
Click here for: Mold Forces Anniston FAA Center To Shut Down - Some Employees
Blame Mold For Sickness (WVTM, AL - March 4, 2003)
Abbott adds
mold info to AG Web site (San Antonio Business Journal, TX - March 4, 2003)
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has added a consumer information guide on the
mold issue to his agency's Web site at http://www.oag.state.tx.us.
The new
feature, entitled "Mold: What You Should Know," covers four main issues: health
concerns, insurance, mold remediation and mold prevention. It also provides
links to other related areas of interest.
Click here for: Abbott adds mold info to AG Web site (San Antonio Business
Journal, TX - March 4, 2003)
Mold of the
Month: Alternaria spp. (03/03/2003: Description; Today - Features of Alternaria;
03/17/2003: Pathogenicity of Alternaria; 03/24/2003: Treatment for Alternaria)
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Macroscopic Features Alternaria spp. grow rapidly and the colony size reaches a
diameter of 3 to 9 cm following incubation at 25°C for 7 days on potato glucose
agar. The colony is flat, downy to woolly and is covered by grayish, short,
aerial hyphae in time. The surface is greyish white at the beginning which later
darkens and becomes greenish black or olive brown with a light border. The
reverse side is typically brown to black due to pigment production
Microscopic Features Alternaria spp. have septate, brown hyphae. Conidiophores
are also septate and brown in color, occasionally producing a zigzag appearance.
They bear simple or branched large conidia (7-10 x 23-34 µm) which have both
transverse and longitudinal septations. These conidia may be observed singly or
in acropetal chains and may produce germ tubes. They are ovoid to obclavate,
darkly pigmented, muriform, smooth or roughened. The end of the conidium nearest
the conidiophore is round while it tapers towards the apex. This gives the
typical beak or club-like appearance of the conidia
Click here for: Mold of the Month: Alternaria spp. Features of Alternaria
Mold Problems Force NCCU Faculty, Students Out Of Biology Building -
Officials Look For Money To Conduct Repairs (WRAL, NC - March 7, 2003)
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Officials say the Lee Biology Building at North Carolina Central
University is a biohazard. Leaking steam from the heating system and roof
problems cultivated serious mold. To clean up the mold, environmental crews must
rip out the asbestos in the 55-year-old building, so students and faculty were
forced out.
Dr.
Sandra White, chairwoman of the biology department, said she had to shuffle
everyone to any available classrooms and office space on campus.
Click here for: Mold Problems Force NCCU Faculty, Students Out Of Biology
Building - Officials Look For Money To Conduct Repairs (WRAL, NC - March 7,
2003)
Rooms shut for flooding at PS 153 (Astoria Times, NY - March 6, 2003)
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Twelve ground-floor classrooms in the new wing of PS 153 in Maspeth were closed
off Monday for a month- long repair of waterlogged flooring, the principal
announced at an emergency meeting with parents that evening
But
despite the city's assurances that concentrations of mold spores found in the
school fell well within safe ranges, some parents voiced fears that mold may
have contributed to illnesses they say have plagued their children this year,
while others lashed out at school officials for failing to act sooner.
Click here for: Rooms shut for flooding at PS 153 (Astoria Times, NY - March 6,
2003)
Insurance claims often prove risky - Firms sometimes quick to cancel
homeowners (MSNBC - March 10, 2003)
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WASHINGTON, March 10 - Homeowners across the region face a dilemma when deciding
whether to file an insurance claim for damage related to last month's winter
storm. Those who file will likely get a check to cover repair expenses, but they
also put themselves at risk of losing their homeowners insurance.
JUST TWO
or three claims filed over the course of two years is now enough for many
insurance companies to cancel a policy. Some count inquiries, even when no claim
is paid. "It's happening to everybody," said Tim Schaefer, an independent
insurance agent in Germantown. "It really is bad."
Click here for: Insurance claims often prove risky - Firms sometimes quick to
cancel homeowners (MSNBC - March 10, 2003)
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