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Hilton Takes Charge for Mold in Hotel

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Carolyn Willbanks

LOS ANGELES – Hilton Hotels Corp. said on Tuesday it took a second-quarter charge of $10 million related to a 435-room hotel tower in Hawaii, now closed indefinitely after mold was discovered in the building. The charge covers estimated future costs to fix the problem, which was discovered last month in the $95 million, 24-story […]

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Hospital Water Systems May Harbor Harmful Molds

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

NEW YORK  – Hospital water distribution systems may serve as an important reservoir of several varieties of disease-causing molds, researchers report. Hospital-acquired mold infections can be an important cause of illness and death in patients with weakened immune systems, according to Dr. Elias J. Anaissie, from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little […]

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Mold Cleanup Problem Persists

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

BEAUFORT — A section of Battery Creek High School was closed Thursday after two teachers complained of illness caused by fumes from chemicals being used to treat a mold problem at the school. The closure marks the second time in about two weeks that classrooms have been evacuated because of the chemicals district maintenance workers […]

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Mold Found in Canton School

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

CANTON, Mich.– Officials at Salem High School say a fungus has been found inside the building and they’re taking steps to clean it out. A mold was found in a first-floor corridor of the Canton school. Officials found wet ceiling tiles and sweating pipes, and a further investigation uncovered the mold. The Plymouth-Canton school district […]

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Mold Prompts Closure of Boys and Girls Club

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Carolyn Willbanks

In a sudden move with virtually no prior notice, the city of Galt closed the Boys and Girls Club indefinitely after mold was detected in part of the city-owned building. City Manager Ted Anderson said Wednesday it hasn’t been determined whether or not the mold is toxic.”There’s good mold and bad mold,” Anderson said. “Not […]

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Mold School Tie-ups : New Report Criticizes Riverside Clean-up

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

Jenna Jachles, 6, wears a sign to express her displeasure Thursday with cleanup efforts at Riverside Elementary. Broward school officials told angry parents Thursday that Riverside Elementary will be safe when school opens Aug. 26, but recent inspection reports say that mold and mildew clean-up work has been sloppy and rushed. On Wednesday, school district […]

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Insurance companies worried about profits and losses

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Contributor

They say the fungus causes health problems. Insurance companies say covering mold claims would make rates rise again since they couldn’t make much profits. 8/20/02 Temple Terrace, FL – Staffers for Florida Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher came to the Tampa Bay area Monday to hear homeowners and insurance officials complain about a burgeoning problem with toxic […]

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Mold problems come to council’s notice

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Contributor

3/12/03 Atlanta, GA – The Atlanta City Council will meet Monday night in regular session to discuss items including a mold problem and delay in improvements at the airport. City Manager Mike Ahrens said the city has a contract with the Texas Department of Transportation to make some improvements at the Atlanta Hall-Miller Airport, but […]

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Mold Takes Hold

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Contributor

Tampa, FL – Any way you look at mold in Florida – either as a legitimate health threat or as an overblown nuisance – you’ve got to figure this icky mess will cost somebody, and unfortunately most responsible parties do not want to take responsibility. Insurers claim they are getting socked with claims on homeowners’ insurance […]

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Moldy building becomes a case study

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Contributor

9/1/02 Danbury, Connecticut – Across the country, headlines tell the horror stories of indoor mold: Schools are closed; families abandon homes with breakfast dishes still in the sink; Ed McMahon’s dog dies; lawsuits  by sick workers threaten to bankrupt businesses. The tales are terrifying and true. Indoor mold a genuine health threat that is turning into […]

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Cleanup Gets Mold Out Of High School

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

Construction crews and school officials showed off a newly reopened St. Charles East High School on Thursday, more than a year after the far west suburban high school was closed because of potentially hazardous levels of mold. The $17 million, 10-month job was painstaking work, said David Kedrowski, project manager for the company that oversaw […]

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Commissioners Discuss Mold Problem

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Carolyn Willbanks

If county commissioners rushed back to their respective precincts Tuesday to work on something less complicated — like county roads — most Henderson County residents would understand. They probably didn’t run for office thinking they’d spend so much time wrestling with spores instead of ditches and road graders. But the four commissioners and County Judge […]

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Henderson County Continues Study Of Courthouse Mold

October 3, 2004/in Govt. & Politics /by Carolyn Willbanks

ATHENS — If county commissioners rushed back to their respective precincts Tuesday to work on something less complicated — like county roads — most Henderson County residents would understand. They probably didn’t run for office thinking they’d spend so much time wrestling with spores instead of ditches and road graders. But the four commissioners and […]

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Family Says Mold Took Their Health, Lawsuit Claims Home Was Toxic

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

HARLAN TOWNSHIP – In 1998 Dale Fry was an energetic landscape subcontractor with a healthy young family moving into a new Warren County home. Soon afterward, Mr. Fry, a nonsmoker with no history of respiratory problems, began suffering from chronic coughing, shortness of breath, headaches and dizziness. His four children, ages 2 to 8, later […]

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FEMA Warns Us Mold Spores Following Supertyphoon Pongsona

October 3, 2004/in The Environment /by Carolyn Willbanks

Following Supertyphoon Pongsona, some homes and other building may be threatened by another danger-growth of mold. The Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that mold spores thrives in continuously wet conditions and can start to grow within 24 hours from the time the dampness occurred. Mold spores can structurally damage buildings and pose a health hazardous. […]

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Floodprone Martindale Is Recovering

October 3, 2004/in Govt. & Politics /by Carolyn Willbanks

When Martindale Mayor Maebeth Bagley announced a Federal Emergency Management Agency buy out last month for 36 homeowners whose properties were damaged in the floods of October 1998 and November 2001, she expressed hopes that the program would be completed and residents moved out of flood-prone areas before floodwaters raised the San Marcos River once […]

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Florence Schools Declared Mold Free And Safe

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

FLORENCE – Two schools contaminated by toxic mold last April have been given a clean bill of health. An environmental consultant told the Board of Education and 15 spectators last night there is no trace of Stachybotrys atra in the Roebling or Marcella L. Duffy elementary schools. “All parties involved are satisfied the schools are […]

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GSU Battles Toxic Mold Problem

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

The Georgia Southern University Eagles’ locker room wasn’t the only musty and damp place on campus this summer. Four types of mold – including the toxic mold stachybotrys – were found growing in several campus buildings following reports of allergy-like illness. “We live in a hot, humid climate and sometimes things like this happen,” said […]

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GSU Clears the Air, University Working to Resolve Toxic Mold Problem.

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

Faculty and staff in four mold-infested buildings at Georgia Southern University are breathing easier as university officials complete cleanup and try to prevent future problems. Student Health Services Director Lynn Tabor pointed up at the rusty heating and air conditioning fan coil unit above his office doorway and described how it was cleaned out and […]

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Hale County Enters Mold Battle

October 3, 2004/in Govt. & Politics /by Carolyn Willbanks

PLAINVIEW – Hale County has joined the ranks of counties and schools in the area battling against mold, but local officials say they are fortunate their problem hasn’t grown as big as some. “We’ve got ours pretty well under control,” said Judge Bill Hollars. “I guess we’re pretty lucky we got on it quick and […]

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Health Authorities on Alert after Extensive Flooding in Europe

October 3, 2004/in The Environment /by Carolyn Willbanks

Xavier Bosch, Barcelona Hundreds of severely ill patients, including 80 patients who were in intensive care, were successfully evacuated from Dresden’s University Hospital last week when the river Elbe exceeded the previous flood record of more than 9 m and no end of the flooding was in sight. The hospital, only 500m from the river, normally treats […]

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Fungus Among Us Goes Beyond Hilton

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Carolyn Willbanks

Howard Dicus, Pacific Business News – The mold Hilton Hawaiian Village is expected to spend $10 million fighting in its Kalia Tower probably can be found in office buildings all over Hawaii and beyond Mold closed 12 of the 15 operating rooms at Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital last year, and when Canadian health authorities decided […]

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Mold Closes Part of Waikiki Hilton

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Carolyn Willbanks

It’s a tropical oasis on Waikiki Beach with waterfalls, exotic birds and palm trees, a hotel that has hosted everyone from U.S. presidents to Michael Jackson. Now, it has an unwanted guest: mold. The Hilton Hawaiian Village, one of the largest hotels in the world, has closed guest rooms in the newest of its six […]

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Household Fungus Contributes to Sick Building Syndrome

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Carolyn Willbanks

ST. PAUL, MN – Have you found yourself suffering shortness of breath, headaches, acid reflux or are you just not feeling quite right, but you can’t attribute it to any specific cause? Perhaps you’ve found it hard to concentrate and you feel fatigued easily, but haven’t been able to figure out why. If you live or […]

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Microscopic view of black mold

Differences Between Fungi and Plants

in Mold Overview /by Carolyn Willbanks

Fungi have no chlorophyll and therefore cannot make their own food. Fungi are exo-digesters (digest food outside their bodies by excreting enzymes that ooze out of the fungus body, and then absorb digested material through the cell walls). Fungal cells are simple in structure and function – each a clearly visible central body with nucleus. […]

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Brenda’s Ordeal

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

My name is Brenda Park LPN, and I am employed with Vineland Developmental Center. I have noticed my health has went down hill tremendously in the past 4 years that is when I started working there! I have had bronchitis, pneumonia, sinus infections, respiratory infections, IBS, stomach problems, legs hurt so bad that I can […]

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Brockovich Takes on A New Foe: Mold

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

Stachybotrys can infest a House. Does it cause brain damage? Some say ‘Yes’. Workers are now trying to save Brockovich’s house from toxic mold. It is an expensive job. Since the movie bearing her name appeared, everyone knows who Erin Brockovich is: the working mother who traced illnesses in a small California town to groundwater […]

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Ed Mcmahon’s Killer Mold Problem

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

Heyyyy-yo! Ed’s dog is dead–and he’s suing mad. Former Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon and his wife, Pamela, have filed a $20 million-plus lawsuit accusing his insurance company and contractors of making a toxic-mold ‘wasteland’ of his Beverly Hills home and leaving him and his wife ‘seriously ill’. Not to mention claiming the life of […]

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How Can You Determine If You Are Being Affected by Toxic Mold?

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

I have recently moved back to Pittsburgh, PA from Florida and reside in a renovated railroad station which houses up-scale apartments. I live on the top floor of the building. I have lived here about 6 months; over the last 2 months, I have experienced certain symptoms which I did not know to put down […]

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I Got a Mold Problem!

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

Ok. Let’s hope this does more good than bad. About a year ago I took my 4 month old baby to the doctor, she was having real bad allergic reactions. She kept breaking out in a red rash in different places on her body, mostly her face. Other symptoms were runny nose, swollen and watery […]

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I Was Exposed To Mold In My Workplace For 6 Months and Now

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

I was exposed to mold in my workplace for 6 months and now have allergies to almost everything I come into contact on a daily basis. I filed a workman’s comp claim only to have it denied and awaiting an appeal. I have documentation on the mold situation, and the types they found from Boelter […]

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Joanne’s Story

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

We have been exposed to toxic mold that made us desperately ill and we nearly lost one child. The insurance company first denied the mold?s existence and then failed to report to us the poisonous levels they detected. Our situation highlights the trauma that can be inflicted on a family if toxic mold is not […]

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A Massachusetts Mold Mystery

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

On Sept 5, 2000 I was admitted to Berkshire medical center in Pittsfield Mass. with acute respiratory distress at that time from an unknown source. Shortly after my addition I worsened and an elective intubations was performed and I was placed in intensive care. Several days later I was exuberated and a team of pulmonary […]

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With Some Hope. . .

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

I own and operated a food wholesale business in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and have been renting this small 2000 square foot warehouse/office for the last 8 years. My problem with toxic mould started when I did not demand the landlord renovate my bathroom before signing the lease and accepting the terms and conditions. Today, I […]

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The Moldy Manufactured Home

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

In 1999 we began the process of replacing our home that was lost in the 1998 flood. We wanted to build a home, but the flood plain administration regulations were so strict we could not find a builder to build for us. We then began to look at manufactured homes; we looked at all the […]

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My Daughter’s School

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

My 6 year old daughter started kindergarten at Sawmillwoods Elementary School in Whiteland, IN. Two weeks after starting school she became ill. Asthma is what the Doctor’s said she had. The school never notified any of the parents there was a mold issue in the school. Then an article in the Daily Journal appeared about […]

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Ill From Portsmouth Naval Shipyard But Ignored

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

My name is Janet Stevens and I am employed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. I am a GS 9 Tech Info Specialist and have been an employee for 16 years. I worked in this flooding moldy basement for eight years then above for three years with holes in the floor and an open freight elevator. […]

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Pat and the Ramifications of Fungal Exposure

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

I would like to tell you about a recent occurrence (problem) I have just experienced. I was told years ago that I was definitely exposed to mold in a apt in which I was living. An environmental agency, (the president, no less) saw the mold, & told me I needed to move immediately, or I […]

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Quotes from Occupants of Mold-Contaminated Environments

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

From MOLD: A Mold Property and Personal Injury Litigation Magazine “This mold is everywhere, and when I try to clean it, it moves.” “The mold is alive. It’s eating my bedspread.” “If I stand too close to someone talking on a cell phone or near any towers, I can feel the radio waves going through […]

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Sharon’s Story

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

Hello, my name is Sharon and I live in Georgia. We had moved up here from West Palm Beach, FL, hopefully being able to settle in and plan for our retirement. But obviously things did not work out as we had planned. This is a story that I wouldn’t wish on anybody that would have […]

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The Silent Killers

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

From 1996 until 2000 I lived with my lover, an Episcopal priest, in the brownstone rectory of his New York City Church. In the spring of 2000 I developed what I thought was sinusitis, violent headaches and fevers. My condition did not respond to antibiotics. I slipped into a coma and was taken by ambulance […]

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Solving the Mystery Illness

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

Please read my story! I am not a writer, or computer savvy. I don’t know how to use spell check either. So please forgive me, and do not judge my lack of skills. I am however, a medical mystery to all the general physicians I have seen (approx 5), and the various Specialists. My hope […]

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Mold and Wegener’s Granulomatosis

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

I was diagnosed with Wegeners Feb. 2002. Since then, I have been on chemo and steroids. Mine also started with sinus problems that went into my lungs.  A kidney specialist was called and he sent my blood work to Stanford University Medical for diagnosis. I was shocked as the only problems I’ve had in the past 10 […]

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High Levels Of Black Mold Found In Pine Ridge Reservation Homes

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

PINE RIDGE, S.D. – After living in their Pine Ridge Indian Reservation home for 12 years, Jerome High Horse’s family moved out in 2002 because black mold made living conditions unbearable. “It looked like somebody took black paint and started to paint in the corners of the walls and ran it down to the floor,” […]

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Agreement Between Walt Disney World and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, Local 681

October 3, 2004/in Govt. & Politics /by Carolyn Willbanks

“The Employer and the Union jointly recognize the importance of maintaining a safe environment. The Employer agrees to comply with all State and Federal OSHA requirements. The Employer agrees to continue present practices regarding floor slats and mats, and to review all new facilities with regard to such present practices.” A Local 681 member complained […]

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Black Mold May Sound Scary, But Is It Harmful?

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Carolyn Willbanks

Faster than this fungi can colonize ceiling tiles, it has spread across headlines in Texas. Its alleged effects are nightmare material: respiratory trouble, fever, headaches, rashes, bloody noses, memory loss, infant pulmonary hemorrhage. Its names sound equally insidious: black mold. Toxic black mold. Stachybotrys. But now that black mold traces have been found in dark […]

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Black Mold Traces Found In Courthouse

October 3, 2004/in "Sick Buildings" /by Carolyn Willbanks

It’s no secret there’s mold in the Henderson County Courthouse. What hasn’t been clear until now is what kind, how much and how harmful. Now we know: some black mold (known as stachybotrys) and lots of aspergillus mold has been identified; and, yes, both can be harmful. The Athens Daily Review has obtained a preliminary […]

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Black Mold Creeps Its Way Into Homes, Not To Mention Lawsuits

in Private Research /by Carolyn Willbanks

CANONSBURG — Mold remediation is a relatively new industry in Western Pa. Martin Zupancic is a trend setter. As the owner of the ServiceMaster Co. franchise in Canonsburg, Washington County, Mr. Zupancic is likely to find himself extremely busy in the coming months with a relatively new, albeit common problem — black mold. He is […]

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Black Mold Turns Home Into a Prison

October 3, 2004/in Personal Mold Stories /by Carolyn Willbanks

Like a convict on death row, Frances Prescott spends her life in a gas chamber waiting for the poison to kill her. Red and Frances Prescott’s home in the southern George County community of Basin has been invaded by black mold that is spreading through their ceiling and walls. Some of the airborne mold spores […]

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Reports Of Mold In The Coatesville Area

October 3, 2004/in Schools & Institutions /by Carolyn Willbanks

CALN — Reports of mold in the Coatesville Area Ninth and 10th Grade Center have prompted the administration to hire an engineering firm to inspect the building, said Superintendent James T. Scarnati. A full report of findings along with short-term and long-term solutions is to be presented in time for the December board meeting. In […]

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