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Monday Morning Mold - February 16, 2004
Mold in the Media

February 16, 2004
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Mold Stories
-- Mold closes health facilities (Leesburg Daily Commercial, FL - Feb 14, 2004)
-- LCC Workers Sick From Mold (KVAL, OR - Feb 14, 2004)
-- Tempers flare at Microb Phase meeting - Mold spray results are in, questions linger (Fairfield Minuteman, CT - Feb 13, 2004)
-- Unregulated Mold Removal Industry Costs Consumers (WESH.com, FL - Feb 13, 2004)
-- International Association of Mold Remediation Specialists (IAMRS) Announces Meger with Environmental Education Foundation (EEF) (Emediawire (press release) - Feb 12, 2004)
-- Mold, insurance problems stagger family (New Haven Register, CT - Feb 11, 2004)
-- MOLD EDUCATION: Antifungal Drugs
-- COURT MOLD: Mold: Police Nab Growing Problem (Dunn Daily Record, NC - Feb 12, 2004)
-- SCHOOL MOLD: Moisture Problem': Ottway School Library Closed, Third-Graders Moved, As Precaution (Greeneville Sun, TN - Feb 13, 2004)
-- MOLD & INSURANCE: Family finding Isabel hassles a tiresome struggle (Baltimore Sun, MD - February 16, 2004)
-- FOR FUN: www.dribbleglass.com
-- Mulvihill Hyde, Lawyers

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! The highlight of mine was a handmade Valentine from my seven year old, who created the whole thing without help from anyone.

My four year old was a vision in red and white, complete with brand new red patent letter shoes from her Grammie.

Mold closes health facilities (Leesburg Daily Commercial, FL - Feb 14, 2004)
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Mold is forcing the Lake County Health Department to vacate its Tavares and Umatilla facilities.

Officials dealt with similar problems at the Leesburg facilities in November, when results of a study showed the building had poor air quality.

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LCC Workers Sick From Mold (KVAL, OR - Feb 14, 2004)
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Eugene - Lane Community College is ripping out thousands of yards of moldy carpet this weekend in fear of more workers getting sick. About fifty people who work in the building have been ill from the mold over the last two years.

The moldy carpeting is behind the tarps. Crews are removing 4,000 square feet of it that tested positive for mold and yeast. School officials say it has been an ongoing problem.

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Tempers flare at Microb Phase meeting - Mold spray results are in, questions linger (Fairfield Minuteman, CT - Feb 13, 2004)
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EASTON - A special Easton Board of Education meeting convened to discuss test results of Samuel Staples Elementary School ceiling tiles, sprayed with a mystery agent by a New York State company under investigation for potential environmental crimes, became heated when a building committee member and the town's health director squared off.

Beverlee Dacey, one of the committee members who sparked a local and federal probe of Microb Phase Laboratories, grilled Town Health Director Christopher Michos, whom, she thought, did not respond aggressively enough to early warning signs about the company.

Click here for: Tempers flare at Microb Phase meeting - Mold spray results are in, questions linger (Fairfield Minuteman, CT - Feb 13, 2004)

Unregulated Mold Removal Industry Costs Consumers (WESH.com, FL - Feb 13, 2004)
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ASTOR, Fla. -- A Central Florida woman is blaming toxic mold for stealing her health.

To add to her woes, when a mold removal specialist showed up, the condition went from bad to worse, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported.

Click here for: Unregulated Mold Removal Industry Costs Consumers (WESH.com, FL - Feb 13, 2004)

International Association of Mold Remediation Specialists (IAMRS) Announces Meger with Environmental Education Foundation (EEF) (Emediawire (press release) - Feb 12, 2004)
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The International Association of Mold Remediation Specialists (IAMRS) announced today the merger of its membership into the worlds largest environmental charity focusing on environmental, health and safety issues. This merger will pave the way for the nearly 500 members of IAMRS to provide a new depth and breadth to the EEFs existing membership base of over 5,000. Merger will create the largest, oldest and only charity dealing with indoor air quality and mold related issues.

Washington, DC & Houston, TX (PRWEB) February 12, 2004 -- The International Association of Mold Remediation Specialists (IAMRS) announced today the merger of its membership into the worlds largest environmental charity focusing on environmental, health and safety issues. This merger will pave the way for the nearly 500 members of IAMRS to provide a new depth and breadth to the EEFs existing membership base of over 5,000.

Click here for: International Association of Mold Remediation Specialists (IAMRS) Announces Meger with Environmental Education Foundation (EEF) (Emediawire (press release) - Feb 12, 2004)

Mold, insurance problems stagger family (New Haven Register, CT - Feb 11, 2004)
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ANSONIA - Jim and Karen Verrinder say their lives have been turned upside down since a plumbing problem caused a mold outbreak in their Platt Street home almost six months ago.

The Verrinders, of 27 Platt St., say they waited 11 days before an adjuster from Allstate Insurance Co. showed up to inspect the damage. The company had told them to leave things as they were in the meantime, the family said. In that time, the wetness caused black mold to grow in many parts of the house, including on clothing, toys and books, the couple says.

Click here for: Mold, insurance problems stagger family (New Haven Register, CT - Feb 11, 2004)

MOLD EDUCATION: Antifungal Drugs
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A number of different antifungal agents are available. Agents in use for humans and animals are sometimes used in environmental, industrial and agricultural settings, but there are agents that are useful on plants but not humans or animals.

Antimetabolites: This class has only one example, flucytosine. This small molecule is a DNA substrate analog that leads to incorrect DNA synthesis./// Azoles: There are many agents of this class now available. All inhibit the synthesis of ergosterol by blocking the action of 14-alpha-demethylase. Example: Fluconazole /// Glucan Synthesis inhibitors: Agents of this class inhibit glucan synthesis. Glucan is a key component of the fungal cell wall, and inhibition of this enzyme produces significant antifungal effects. Example: Caspofungin /// Polyenes: These very potent agents act by binding to the fungal cell membrane and causing the fungus to leak electrolytes. Example: Amphotericin B /// Miscellaneous systemic agents: This class currently contains only one agent, griseofulvin. It acts by disrupting the mitotic spindle.

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COURT MOLD: Mold: Police Nab Growing Problem (Dunn Daily Record, NC - Feb 12, 2004)
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Add Dunn city hall to the list of schools and public buildings with mold.

The mold at the municipal building is downstairs in the hallway near the magistrate's office and upstairs in the mayor's office.

Click here for: COURT MOLD: Mold: Police Nab Growing Problem (Dunn Daily Record, NC - Feb 12, 2004)

SCHOOL MOLD: Moisture Problem': Ottway School Library Closed, Third-Graders Moved, As Precaution (Greeneville Sun, TN - Feb 13, 2004)
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Greene County school officials, in a precautionary move Wednesday, closed the library and moved students from a third-grade classroom at Ottway Elementary School when a "moisture problem" was discovered in the two rooms.

After a similar moisture problem was discovered in another classroom at the school last October, several different types of mold were found growing behind old paneling in a second-grade classroom.

Click here for: SCHOOL MOLD: Moisture Problem': Ottway School Library Closed, Third-Graders Moved, As Precaution (Greeneville Sun, TN - Feb 13, 2004)

MOLD & INSURANCE: Family finding Isabel hassles a tiresome struggle (Baltimore Sun, MD - February 16, 2004)
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A few days after Tropical Storm Isabel flooded their Millers Island home with more than 3 feet of water, Dale and Georgia Poling watched a dozen workers jump out of a truck and scramble into the house, ready to stop mold that was spreading across the walls.

What the Polings soon found out was that such piecemeal repairs - replacing only the portion of the wall that touched water - are standard procedure under the National Flood Insurance Program.

Click here for: MOLD & INSURANCE: Family finding Isabel hassles a tiresome struggle (Baltimore Sun, MD - February 16, 2004)

FOR FUN: www.dribbleglass.com
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FOR FUN: www.dribbleglass.com

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