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Ryland Homes Investigated For Code Violations

October 3, 2004/in Construction Industry /by Contributor

28 Investigates : 7/19/02 Home sweet home is anything but that for Liz and Mike Coffey. They have long suspected their home was not structurally sound. For more than two years, they have complained to Ryland Homes about the problems. Ryland insisted the home was just fine except for minor repairs, the kind to be […]

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Apartment Complexes Post Warning Signs

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

Sacramento, CA – Tenants at Sacramento’s Ardendale Apartments started seeing warning signs a few months ago, warning that their complex “contains chemicals known to cause cancer and birth defects.” “It scares me in the sense that, where exactly and how exactly are these chemicals going to affect me?” said tenant Ryanne Durnin. The property manager, Cynthia […]

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City will pay tenants To move

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

5/11/03 Cincinnati will ante up $50,000 to help relocate more than 500 tenants who are being forced to move from a large Bond Hill apartment complex due to problems with mold among other major health hazards. City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to take the money from an emergency fund set aside for relocation, building inspection […]

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California tenant guide

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

Most landlord-tenant relationships go smoothly. However, problems sometimes arise. For example, what if the rental unit’s furnace goes out in the middle of the winter? What happens if the landlord sells the building or decides to convert it into condominiums? This section discusses these and other possible issues and problems in the landlord-tenant relationship. Repairs […]

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Health inspectors say landlord turned them away

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

7/22/02 WEST CHESTER TWP. OH- Residents of one of Greater Cincinnati’s largest apartment complexes may have been exposed to potentially dangerous toxic mold as their landlord prevented health officials from helping. Butler County Department of Health representatives described the mold infestation at Woodbridge on the Lake apartments as one of the worst they had ever […]

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Is That apartment hazardous to your health?

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

12/4/99 When you sign a lease committing yourself to a unit in an apartment complex or building, you’re agreeing to live in close quarters with strangers. You’re also making the assumption that your building will be properly managed and maintained. That includes such factors as air quality and adequate pest control. As a tenant, you […]

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Cleanup allowed if materials are saved

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

9/ 7/02 Kingfisher, OK – Mold troubles at a Kingfisher apartment complex are closer to being resolved following a judge’s order Wednesday. The judge agreed to modify a temporary restraining order on the owner of the Meeker Meadows complex. He can now start cleaning up the mold at the apartments, but has agreed to hold any […]

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Mold Forces Families Out

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

9/12/03  Wareham, MA – At least four tenants of the Depot Crossing low-income housing complex have left their apartments in the past year, complaining that mold from the basement was making them and their children sick. The moves came even before one of the complex’s buildings was condemned this week. Julie Florindo, who lived in Building […]

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Officials prepare for Forest Glen displacements

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

7/11/03 Olympia, WA – Mary Eckley’s mold-ridden Forest Glen apartment was condemned recently, leaving her homeless. Eckley pitched a tent and lived with her two children in the woods for two weeks.”Tent living, or nothing, is better than those apartments,” said Eckley, who now lives in a Steamboat Island mobile home. “I would never have […]

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Residents join class action; sick from mold

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

8/2/02 Kingfisher, OK – More than 20 people have joined in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against a Kingfisher apartment complex. The lawsuit alleges owners are responsible for a toxic mold that may have contributed to the death of a 5-month-old and left residents with breathing difficulties. The lawsuit states that Bayli Marie Keese died in […]

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They have a multiplicity of losses from illness to belongings

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

8/10/02 Sacramento, CA – Tenants of a Rocklin apartment complex are suing property owners over damage from “toxic mold” that caused upper respiratory problems, seizures, bloody noses, sinus infections and severe migraine headaches as well as contaminating everything from clothing to furniture. Concord attorney Richard P. Riley filed the complaint with Placer Superior Court on […]

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Ohio tenants will get relocation aid

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

8/28/03 Cincinnati, OH – A company managing a large Bond Hill apartment complex that wanted to evict hundreds of low-income tenants and close the facility has agreed to offer them relocation aid. Shortly before a hearing Friday afternoon in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, attorneys for the tenants reached a compromise with the company managing […]

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City may aid in tenants’ move

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

5-06-02 Cincinnati, OH -The city likely will add to the pool of money to help 560 low-income people relocate this month from a large Bond Hill apartment complex that has been deemed a health hazard. At Vice Mayor Alicia Reece’s urging, City Council will vote Wednesday on whether to allocate $50,000 from a city emergency […]

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Tests On Apartment Mold Show Wide Growth Variety

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

11/08/02 State Wants Plan for Cleanup at Elsmere Complex by Edward L. Kenney, Staff reporter Tests on mold samples that state officials collected at an Elsmere apartment complex indicate a variety of molds, some of which can cause allergic reactions and infections. “The mold was not only extensive in its growth, but there was a […]

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Apartment Groups Take On Mold Issue, Call On Congress To Support New Research To Form Basis For Publ

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

6/18/02 Washington, DC – Reflecting new concerns about possible health effects from mold, a Congressional subcommittee held hearings today on “Mold: A Growing Problem.” Submitting testimony on behalf of the apartment industry, the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) and National Apartment Association (NAA) stressed that rental housing providers are committed to environmentally safe housing, but […]

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Detroit City Council hears residents’ tales of roaches and mold

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

10/16/02 Detroit City, MI – Perralene Madison, 62, says she never had to live with roaches, until now. Myldred Wray, another senior citizen, says she never lived with black mold growing on her walls, until now. Madison and Wray were among a group of residents who appeared before the Detroit City Council on Tuesday to […]

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Tenants Upset They Can’t Return

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

COHOES – The emotions of frustrated tenants left homeless by last week’s devastating fire boiled over Monday morning when Mayor John McDonald made a personal visit to their burned-out apartment building McDonald headed over to 1 and 3 North Mohawk St. after a 10 a.m. hearing at City Hall in which a joint determination was […]

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86-Acre Fungus Found in Swiss Alps

October 3, 2004/in Additional Articles /by Carolyn Willbanks

BIRMENSDORF, Switzerland – Swiss scientists have discovered what they believe is Europe’s biggest fungus, stretching wide under an Alpine forest. The Honey Mushroom – also known by its Latin species name Armillaria Ostoyae – was found lurking in the Engadine National Park in the Eastern Swiss Alps, said the Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and […]

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Letter from the Spokeswoman. . . Susan Lillard-Roberts

September 24, 2004/in Additional Articles /by Contributor

Fall 2004 I am writing this to all of you upon our return from Washington DC. This past week (and actually the past 2 months in preparation) has been a whirlwind of activity as the Mold Help Organization assisted in the grassroots movement of MD Awareness Week with Sharon Kramer, Elisa Larkin, Nancy Davis, Jonathan […]

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Taylor’s School Tragedy

September 7, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

The doctors at Yale set me for allergy testing. The testing showed I was very allergic to mold. The doctors at Yale decided to remove me from school for three weeks to see if the infections would clear. It did.

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John Frieda Recalls Styling Spray

July 12, 2004/in Additional Articles /by Carolyn Willbanks

WASHINGTON — John Frieda Professional Hair Care said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling 9,420 bottles of its Frizz-Ease 5-Minute Manager Blow-Dry Styling Spray after testing revealed 6.7-fluid-ounce bottles were contaminated with yeast and mold. The Stamford, Conn.-based company’s testing showed the yeast organism is a member of the Candida family, fungi that can cause diaper […]

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Outbreak Of Aflatoxin Poisoning

July 1, 2004/in Govt. & Politics /by Carolyn Willbanks

Eastern and Central Provinces (Kenya) – In May 2004, CDC Kenya, trainees of the CDC-supported Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP) in Kenya, the World Health Organization, and CDC were invited by the Kenya Ministry of Health (KMOH) to participate in the investigation of an outbreak of jaundice with a high case-fatality rate (CFR) […]

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Mold Help to Join Mold Awareness Week September 19 – 24, 2004

July 1, 2004/in Additional Articles /by Contributor

MOLD-HELP REP WILL SPEAK TO CONGRESS AS MOLD VICTIMS ASCEND ON THE NATION’S CAPITOL Washington DC – Susan Lillard-Roberts, the spokesperson from the Mold Help Organization, headquartered in Salem, Oregon, an advocate for mold victims nation-wide, will be speaking out in our nation’s capitol, with Congressman John Conyers and Bianca Jagger for a call to action. […]

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Mold Discovery Forces School To Close Doors

June 24, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

The Wausau School District will clean Lincoln Elementary School to rid it of three types of mold in time for classes to resume in the fall. The school was closed Tuesday after tunnels running under the school tested positive for three types of mold – stachybotrys chartarum, cladosporium and aspergillus – and summer classes were […]

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Environmental Toxin Linked to Parkinson’s

June 21, 2004/in The Environment /by Carolyn Willbanks

Environmental toxins called proteasome inhibitors cause a Parkinson’s disease-like movement disorder in rats, according to new research. The findings suggest that these natural toxins may contribute to the development of Parkinson’s in humans. Proteasome inhibitors are produced by bacteria and fungi. Humanmade proteasome inhibitors also find their way into the environment. “These results suggest that […]

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Indoor air quality in trouble

June 18, 2004/in Insurance Companies /by Contributor

3/7/02 Dallas, TX – State Farm sent their ?own? remediators to get rid of the mold and moved the Vicknairs into a motel. But the insurer then determined it would only pay for the pipe itself and the water damage-not the mold-and walked away. This is very common practice for insurance companies when they ?hire? […]

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Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Seeks To Correct Misreporting On Implications Of Institue of Medicine (IOM) Mold Report

June 17, 2004/in Govt. & Politics /by Carolyn Willbanks

NOTE TO EDITORS: The following represents the opinion of IAGA ROCKVILLE, MD — A recent report by the Institute of Medicine, which finds an association between conditions caused by indoor dampness and a laundry list of health effects, has largely been misunderstood and misrepresented among members of the general media. The Institute of Medicine has […]

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Ex-‘NYPD Blue’ Star Settles Mold Case

June 6, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

LOS ANGELES – Actor Nicholas Turturro has settled a lawsuit against a man who sold him a home in 2002 allegedly infested with toxic mold, lawyers said. Turturro, who played Detective James Martinez on ABC’s “NYPD Blue” from 1993-1998, claimed in the suit that Steven A. Berman of suburban Woodland Hills knowingly sold him a […]

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Man Needs New Kidney: Mold and Flu Possible Causes for Illness

June 1, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

FRAMINGHAM — James Earl Halstead doesn’t look like he’s 52 years old and as an active bicyclist, clocking in 40 miles a trip, he didn’t think an illness could slow him down. Not only has his end stage renal disease slowed him down, but it has left this Framingham resident dependent on the kindness and […]

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Toxic Mold Forces Couple Out Of Home

May 22, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Contributor

Bella Vista, NC – Toxic mold has turned a dream retirement home into a nightmare for Bella Vistans Charlotte and Chuck Rieman. The couple found out last weekend they can never return to their house at 3 Harlow Drive in the village because the invasion of mold, which they thought could be cleaned up, would […]

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Shame On You: Maytag’s Moldy Washers

May 13, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

“The lonely repairman is what they call me, cause hardly anyone ever calls me,” the Maytag television ad says. For over 30 years, the lonely Maytag repairman has sung the praises of the company’s reliable washers. “They’re so darn dependable, nothing seems to break except my lonely heart.” But hundreds of unhappy Maytag owners are […]

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The Mold Crisis: Who to Contact

May 5, 2004/in Additional Articles /by Contributor

A Mold-Help Exclusive Report “I have a serious mold problem. . .  Why don’t I receive any help? Who do I contact?” Don’t fool yourself, the government and major corporations know exactly what is going on. Hundreds of people contact us who are very distraught about the lack of governmental assistance and participation, organizations, and blatant cover-ups with this […]

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Residents Say Savannah Georgia Ignoring Complaints about Home with Toxic Mold

April 11, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

Colony Court is a quiet, well-kept cul-de-sac in Windsor Forest that at first glance doesn’t seem like the kind of place former Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. had in mind when he made his famous “southside ghetto” comment last fall. But residents here fear one abandoned home at the far end of the street is tearing […]

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Actor Lou Ferrigno vs. Mercury Insurance

April 2, 2004/in Additional Articles /by Contributor

“Mold” Case Settles April 2, 2004 Parties in a toxic mold case between actor Lou Ferrigno and Mercury Insurance Company (Case No. BC288783) reached a confidential settlement today, according to Brian S. Kabateck, partner with Los Angeles-based Kabateck & Garris LLP and attorney for Ferrigno and his wife, Carla. The settlement was reached after the […]

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Linda’s Story as Told by Susan Lillard-Roberts

March 29, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Contributor

Linda’s Story as told by Susan Lillard-Roberts Linda from California contacted me shortly after CBS aired their special on 48 Hours in autumn of 2001. The network broadcast a story on toxic mold and she saw my link on their website. I had thousands of e-mails to respond to but I stopped short and listened intently […]

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A Hardworking Family Exposed to Mold and Chemicals

January 1, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

Following this is Beverly Weikert’s testimony, prepared in Jan. 2002, for a State of Indiana presentation: Nov. 2000 – Weikert family lost owned home of 10 years, lifetime belongings, and health due to severe hidden long term leaks and mold infestation in their manufactured family home – one that had been damaged during installation and supposedly […]

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Law books to be cleaned of mold

January 1, 2004/in Additional Articles /by Contributor

By Jennifer Stone, Athens Review Online County officials haven’t been able to remove the mold from the law library, so they’ve decided to move the law library from the mold. The commissioners court voted unanimously Monday morning to authorize County Judge Aubrey Jones to negotiate a contract with Lake Area Restoration, a Kemp-based company that […]

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From “Sports Goddess” to “Mold Goddess”

January 1, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Contributor

Toxic Mold Awareness Diana Meier’s journey from “Sports Goddess” to “Mold Goddess” Who would think a microscopic organism could make your whole life spin out of control? I’m 6′ 2″ and a former professional basketball player in Europe. Being athletic my whole life, with excellent health, I never could have imagined the journey I was […]

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Farmers Insurance Responds to Melinda Ballard’s Allegations

November 6, 2003/in Insurance Companies /by Carolyn Willbanks

LOS ANGELES– Farmers Insurance Group of Companies today was sued by Melinda Ballard alleging libel as a result of a defamatory and false statement. Ms. Ballard is a Farmers claimant who received an outrageous $32 million dollar award in Travis County over water leak claims on her home that she purchased in 1990 for $275,000 […]

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Another moldy mobile home story; another cry for help

October 15, 2003/in Insurance Companies /by Contributor

I purchased a brand new mobile home in March 2003, I started having problems right away. When the company moved my trailer in it was raining really hard. Then they leveled the home in the mud. My roof looks like a mini roller coaster ride. I have 3 bathrooms in my home and only 1 […]

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Mold is an insurance nightmare

August 22, 2003/in Insurance Companies /by Contributor

5/22/03 Houston, TX – For the last two months, Bob and Kathy McCord have been suburban refugees. They were forced out of their four-bedroom house in Dallas because of toxic mold, which they say has been festering under the floors and walls since a water pipe burst this spring. “The mold got so bad,” said […]

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Mold discovered again?!

August 5, 2003/in "Sick Buildings" /by Contributor

12/23/03 Pottstown, PA – Rain and humidity proved to be a dangerous combination last summer when many local schools were overrun by mold, causing inconvenience for parents, teachers and students. Many students had an untraditional start to the school year when officials in the Boyertown, Daniel Boone, Pottstown, Pottsgrove and Upper Perkiomen school districts announced their […]

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Ed Mcmahon settles mold lawsuit

July 15, 2003/in "Sick Buildings" /by Contributor

4/12/03 Los Angeles, CA – Former “Tonight Show” sidekick Ed McMahon settled a lawsuit against the last of several defendants he sued for toxic mold that allegedly sickened him and his wife, killed his pet and made his Beverly Hills mansion unlivable. McMahon, 80, agreed to accept $230,000 to resolve the dispute, court documents revealed […]

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The Fungus Among Us

July 12, 2003/in "Sick Buildings" /by Contributor

7/12/03 New Orleans, LA – Louisiana has a mold problem, but not all remediation contractors are part of the solution, and the state doesn’t want to admit it. Mold ran Russell and Pamela Vicknair out of their house. In 2002, a sewer pipe under their Baker home burst. State Farm, their insurer, sent out inspectors […]

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And Drastic Measures Had To Be Taken. . .

July 4, 2003/in "Sick Buildings" /by Contributor

Eugene, OR – On Saturday afternoon, what was supposed to be the dream house of the O’Hara family will be burned to the ground. Mark and Mary Jane O’Hara believe that the home, off Spencer Creek Road south of Eugene, Oregon, has become contaminated with toxic mold that made them and their two children sick. […]

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Don’t believe what you read

July 1, 2003/in Additional Articles /by Contributor

Many of you right now may have read the latest news by National Institute of Medicine, varying greatly by which news organization reported it. What most people don’t know is this study was conducted only to determine what type of damage that molds can do to the respiratory system, nothing else. Furthermore, the findings of this […]

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Chronic Sinusitis Sufferers Have Enhanced Immune Responses to Fungi According to NIH

June 17, 2003/in Additional Articles /by Carolyn Willbanks

Stopping the use of band-aid drugs may save your life with the right resources. Bethesda, MD – Scientists sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered another link between fungal exposure and immuno-response, possibly leading to compromised immune system complications. It has long […]

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Kelly’s Cry for Help

June 8, 2003/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

First of all I would like to thank Susan for giving me all the info on “stachy” and the horrible terrible affects of it. Before moving into an apartment, which at the time I had no idea there was mold. I was a very healthy person and had hardly ever seen a doctor, I had […]

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Jennifer Aniston’s Moldy Discovery

May 29, 2003/in Additional Articles /by Contributor

5/29/2003 11:46:29 AM Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have become the latest victims of a potentially deadly black mold that’s forcing Hollywood stars out of their homes. The Friends star spotted the dangerous fungus in the garage of the home she shares with husband Pitt earlier this month, while preparing to join the actor on […]

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Are You Driving Around In a Sick Car?

February 25, 2003/in Additional Articles /by Carolyn Willbanks

Pittsburgh – Toxic mold has forced families from their homes and students from their schools; but if you think you’re safe from spores behind the wheel — think again. What you don’t know about your car could actually be hazardous to your health. Regardless of its make or model, your vehicle could have a problem […]

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