Lawsuit Alleges Indiana U. Pressed Health Center to Play Down Mold Threat. The university denies the allegation. The suit also says Indiana deferred crucial maintenance on air systems for years despite knowing of problems, resulting in a 2018-19 mold crisis.

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A resident of the Courtyards at Buckley is suffering health issues reportedly due to mold in his apartment. Apparently the apartment units did not respond to the complaint. Aurora’s Neighborhood Services Department oversees living standards in apartments across the city, and does inspections for things like mold and water damage. You can report similar issues here if you live in Aurora. City Hall

“There was big, dark, gray, blackish mildew around the air vent and that’s where the air was coming from … it smelled like death.” – Candie Hailey, Rikers Island pre-trial detainee.

Exposure to mold infestations is another environmental concern for prisoners across the country. In Oklahoma, 12 prisoners filed federal civil rights lawsuits over conditions at the Oklahoma County jail after the kitchen was closed in 2017 due to a mold outbreak. In West Virginia, mold caused all prisoners to be removed from the Anthony Correctional Center in Sulphur Springs. In Florida, reports of leaking and mold came from Santa Rosa CI, Putnam CI, the Florida State Prison, Union CI and Apalachee CI. In California, a guard filed a whistleblower complaint alleging toxic mold in FCI Mendota Prison was making some staff members sick.

Mayor de Blasio signed with federal prosecutors calling for the imposition of a federal monitor to oversee the NYCHA compliance with health and safety rules.

Manhattan Federal Judge William Pauley gave NYCHA and federal prosecutors two weeks to come up with a new broader plan dealing only with toxic mold.

“It is important for you to know that we will not allow our students and staff to come back to school until we are certain that it is completely safe.”

Classes again were canceled Monday at Fox Chapel Area’s Kerr due to mold. Officials found mold in three rooms.
A mold remediation company did extensive cleaning” over the last few days.The district is waiting for test results.

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Molds are a problem indoors when mold spores land on a wet or damp spot and begin growing. Molds have the potential to cause health problems. Molds produce allergens, substances that can cause allergic reactions, irritants, and in some cases, potentially toxic substances called mycotoxins. Inhaling or touching mold or mold spores may cause allergic reactions. Allergic responses include hayfever-like symptoms:sneezing, runny nose, red eyes, and skin rash (dermatitis). Allergic reactions to mold can be immediate or delayed and they are common. In people with asthma who are allergic to mold, molds can cause asthma attacks. Mold exposure can irritate the eyes, skin, nose, throat, and lungs of people who are not even allergic

Research on mold and health effects is ongoing. For more detailed information, read more about mold at https://www.epa.gov/mold

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Potentially mold can cause health problems. Many of these health problems are due to the fact that mold can be an allergen as well as a toxin and carcinogen. Allergens are the core of allergic reactions. Toxins are actual poisons. Touching or inhaling mold can invoke either complication, depending on if the person is vulnerable and/or the mold is an allergin, or contains a toxicant. Once mold has gained a foothold in your house, the contamination can be difficult to control. Hidden in your basement, walls, attic, or crawlspace, corners of your moistest rooms like bathrooms or laundry rooms, or kitchens, mold can quickly develop to dangerous levels.

Vigilance is essential if your household contains someone sick, or chronically ill, elderly, or very young because these individuals are the most vulnerable. Cold or asthmatic symptoms can be caused by mold exposure, such as sneezing, runny nose, red eyes, skin rash, and dermatitis.

Mold test kits are available, but if mold could be the result of negligence on behalf of a landlord or contractor, it makes sense to have professionals check your air quality. Professional mold inspectors can not only provide reliable test results, they can also provide documents which can be used in court if a lawyer determines if a party might be liable based on carelessness or negligence, or some other factor.

Mycotoxins are toxins produced by mold and fungi. Mycotoxicoses are actual diseases caused by mycotoxins, i.e. secondary metabolites of molds. Hundreds of mycotoxins have been identified, and many are pathogenic. But all illnesses from mold are not related to mold-poisons.

The most common reaction to mold is allergic in nature. It can be from exposure that is either dermal or by inhalation, and includes symptoms like wheezing, rash, watery eyes, runny nose,itchy eyes, coughing, and redness of the eyes.

Testing your home or work environment for mold is a healthy move. That cold you have that’s been going on for months may be a mold allergy coming from mold in your walls or crawlspace.

Cladosporium is a genus of mold that rarely produces lethal disease in humans except for causing skin and nail, sinus and lung infections. There are about forty individual species of Cladosporium, most of which are plant pathogens. When Cladosporium species spores are airborne, they can be allergens, and in large amounts might affect asthmatics, children, the elderly and individuals with respiratory disease or sensitivity. Cladosporium does not produce major mycotoxins, but the odor can be tied to volatile organic compounds, i.e. VOC. Species feed on dead herbaceous and woody plants, textiles, rubber, paper, food, floor, carpet and mattress dust, damp acrylic painted walls, wallpaper, drywall, HVAC insulation, filters and fans and wet insulation in mechanical cooling units. (Not a complete list.) This is a very common species of mold, found outdoors all year, with lesser concentrations in the winter. If the indoor concentration is not lower than the outdoor concentration, you probably need to do something about it.

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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Capnodiales
Family: Davidiellaceae
Genus: Cladosporium

Sunflower seeds contain a toxin produced by mold that could increase health risk. Michigan State University researchers found that sunflower seeds, corn, peanuts, pistachios, and almonds contaminated with aflatoxin can contribute to liver cancer. Aflatoxin is considered as a potent liver carcinogen. The carcinogen makes its way into the food systems of low income countries after it is processed.

Several classrooms at Central High School in Providence, Rhode Island, have been closed due to mold problem.

Authorities said 19 classrooms have been closed after mold was discovered in the East Wing of the school.

The school district said in a letter, “The city has also hired an environmental company to conduct certified cleanings of the classrooms that require any mold remediation… The repairs have been timed over vacation to minimize disruption to students and teachers. Please note that any water-damaged rooms will not house classes until necessary interior repairs have been completed and rooms are cleared by contracted experts.”

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A woman in Springfield, Missouri, reported mold in a fruit pouch purchased at the local ALDI store.

According to Ashley Lamb, she found a large clump of mold inside her 2-year-old son’s favorite Little Journey Apple Mango pouch. “He came running back in, ‘It’s yucky. It’s yucky!’ and spitting, and he normally doesn’t spit, and he was just spitting and drool running everywhere,” she said.

The grocery chain ALDI issued the following statement on March 30th, “ALDI takes the safety and integrity of the products we sell very seriously and our Little Journey baby line is no exception…. Our Little Journey Organic Food Puree pouches are USDA certified organic and contain no artificial preservatives. While extremely rare, if a pouch is punctured and exposed to air, mold can grow. It was brought to our attention that this occurred with pouches that were available for purchase at our Springfield store located at 421 E. Battlefield. Out of an abundance of caution, we have removed all Little Journey Organic Food Puree pouches from our store shelves in the Springfield area… We sincerely regret any inconvenience or concern this situation may have caused. If a customer has any concerns about this product, we encourage them to visit their local Springfield ALDI store and we’ll gladly refund the purchase price of the Little Journey Organic Food Puree pouches.”

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As snow from winter has started to melt, the experts are warning about the possibility of mold growth in stored hay bales.

According to Montana State University forage specialist Emily Glunk, the excess moisture conditions produced due to melting, freezing, and re-melting of snow increases the risk of mold-infestation.

“It is always a good idea to test hay before feeding it to your livestock, especially if it has been stored outside,” she said.

Feeding Mold-infested bales to the cattle can cause several health issues, including respiratory problems.

If you suspect a mold problem, have your house/farm tested for mold.

Mold is a health hazard and living in a mold-infested apartment can cause serious health issues including lung diseases, asthma, and allergies.

Therefore, if you think your apartment is prone to mold-infestation, here a few tips that can help you address this situation:

1. Take steps to reduce moisture in the susceptible areas, especially bathroom and kitchen. Using fans and opening the windows in these areas can go a long way in this regard.
2. Make sure to open all the windows in your apartment for at least 5 – 10 minutes every day. Improving overall ventilation discourages mold growth.
3. Dusty, moist surfaces provide an ideal condition for mold growth. Therefore, try to increase the frequency of dusting/cleaning the window frames and outside of your toilet tank.

Meanwhile, have your home tested for mold to ensure a healthy life for your family.

Fifteen years ago, Ted Nugent and his wife Shemane moved from Michigan to Waco because their 5000 square foot Michigan home was contaminated with black mold. Shemane was the American Heart Association’s keynote speaker at the Go Red for Women luncheon in Waco. Ted and Shemane recovered from the effects of four different types of mold living in their bloodstreams.

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A woman got $32 million after mold decimated her Texas mansion, but the money won’t begin to fix the mental anguish she suffered. She sued Farmers Insurance Group. Mold can cause headaches, nosebleeds, respiratory issues and other symptoms, especially if an individual is a child, elderly, or infirm with a compromised immune system.

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Locked up for winter, trapped with the stale recirculating air. Guess what’s living in your winter-sale air? Mold spores, of course.It can be especially bad in a tight new home because all of that stale air has been circulating along with the heat.

Inside the house, if you have any trapped moisture in areas like the kitchen, or bathroom, or inside the walls under leaking pipes, or in your crawlspace, that is where the mold is hiding. If there’s a leak, it might be growing right out in the open when you can see it. Winter is the perfect time to call in the mold inspector to see if your home has been invaded while it is still locked up,sans ventilation.

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Susan Somers says that mold almost ruined her life. Her new house had toxic mold in the air conditioning and heating ducts, spreading mold spores through the air system, causing Somers and her husband a number of symptoms. Somers wrote a book TOX-SICK: From Toxic To Not Sick

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Victims claim airborne mold and animal feces made them sick, and they are suing Northwood Centre. The number has escalated to more than 86 from 20. Some claim they were unaware they were working in unhealthy conditions. Raw sewage backed up in the hall and was never cleaned, and was tracked around the area, dried and fed mold. Toxins ae airborne. Read more

Mold has an adverse affect on the very sick, the very old and the very young. That’s why ByebyeMold’s most recent ads on Facebook show an infant in the arms of his concerned father. Every parent is going to be concerned about the quality of their indoor air, especially if they know the findings of the University of Cincinnati, EPA, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital who performed a decade long study assessing the children’s health and exposure to indoor molds and allergens, Reponen et al. report these findings in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI). They discovered that mold exposure in infancy was a major risk factor for these babies devloping asthma.

If you have young children in your home, or are expecting soon, you should have the area tested. If you are in California, who better than ByeByeMold?

According to one study, many cases of mold-linked illness can’t be explained by allergic reactions. A report by allergists David A. Edmondson, DO, Jordan N. Fink, MD, and colleagues at Medical College of Wisconsin, appeared in the February 2005 issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Symptoms of exposure found in the patients in that study can be diverse, including:

• runny nose
• cough
• headache
• shortness of breath
• wheezing
• chest tightness
• other breathing problems
• itchy eyes
• nervous system problems
• dizziness
• anxiety
• weakness
• restless legs
• memory loss
• shaking
• intestinal problems
• nausea, vomiting
• gut pain
• nosebleed
• urinary problems

We always recommend that you get your home tested for mold.

The phrase toxic mold syndrome should be replaced by damp building effect, which refers to a well-documented effect. Mold is certainly part of the picture but doctors can’t always define if it is an allergy, mold toxin, or some other factor combined with degrading building materials. There is currently no accurate way to measure mold toxins in damp buildings, although they are there. It is impossible to know what degree and how the toxic mold is doing what it is doing to cause illness. Until scientists catch up to disease, we should all stop arguing and simply work at collecting more data to help everyone refine the issues involved.

Meanwhile, get your home tested.

There is more than one thing involved in air quality. There are plenty of toxins out there. Indoor air quality can be affected by Carbon monoxide, radon, cigarette smoke, whatever toxins are floating around in the smoggy air outside your windows, moisture, mold, formaldehyde off-gassing from your floors. The EPA says “health effects may show up shortly after a single exposure or repeated exposures to a pollutant. These include irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, headaches, dizziness, and fatigue. Such immediate effects are usually short-term and treatable. Sometimes the treatment is simply eliminating the person’s exposure to the source of the pollution, if it can be identified. Soon after exposure to some indoor air pollutants, symptoms of some diseases such as asthma may show up, be aggrevated or worsened.” You can subscribe to the EPA’s indoor Air Quality Guide at https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq

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You probably have mold if:

• You spell a moldy odor.
• You see mold.
• You have a water leak.
• You have had more rain that normal.
• You have had a flood in the past.
• You have condensation on your windows.
• You have high humidity.
• Your home is “too” airtight.
• You have symptoms respiratory are similar to hayfever or allergy.

You need to know for sure if mold is causing your issues, and what mold, and what to do about it!

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Maybe you’ve been the round with your doctors and can’t find the cause. Maybe there are terrible headaches, or nausea, or swollen faces, and you can’t figure out what it is. Maybe it is mold in your home. Tightly sealed new homes are as efficient at sealing mold inside as they are at keeping the bad weather out. Water damaged drywall could be feeding your mold, as well as any cellulose indoors, especially if you have a humidity problem. Even if your weather tends to be dry, there are steamy areas of the house, like showers, and areas near humidity producing appliances like dishwashers, clothes dryers, even air conditioning.

Maybe the problem is less hidden than you thought.

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Toxic mold in El Dorado County caused a fire station to close after heavy rains caused mold to grow in the walls. Firefighters smelled the mold after three weeks of heavy rains. Smelling mold is a key indicator that it is a problem. (obviously!) Three walls tested showed mold, and repairs are estimated to be in the $100 thousand range.

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Latino immigrants who came to reconstruct New Orleans after it was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 were victims of wage theft, hazardous work conditions and harassment by employers. Some were exposed to dangerous substances at work such as mold, contaminated water or asbestos.

According to teleSUR “When we weren’t paid, we didn’t even have money for food,” said plaintiff Sergio de Leon, who worked during October cleaning toxic mud and mold from city schools. “These companies are robbing us of our money after we worked so hard.”

In San Joaquin County, California, Julia Morgan Elementary School is under attack by mold.

Mold was found prospering underneath wallpaper in a couple of classrooms. Three classrooms in all were worked by an environmental remediation company and pronounced clean. Other classrooms are now being investigated.

Because mold spores are not visible to the naked eye, are samples are taken to determine the types of mold present. The types are determined by laboratory analysis of the air samples. Knowing the type can help in assessing the exposure and severity of human exposure. After remediation, comparison samples are typically taken to help ensure that mold has been successfully removed. Hopefully the problem has been handled in Lodi Unified School District at Julia Morgan Elementary School.

Mold exposure can cause respiratory symptoms, especially in the ill, the elderly and children.

If you’re in California, you might want to give us a call and see about getting an assessment from Byebyemold.

Not all doctors are on board with how to handle it, but mold illness can seriously affect health.

Dr. Daniel Pompa and Tammy Stewart discuss her history with mold, detox, and her son’s illness.

See Tammy Stewart talk about mold in this 37 minute episode of Cellular Healing TV.