Mold & Sick Building Alert No. 3
Here are more articles from around the country about mold and sick buildings:
General Interest: This months issue of the Annals of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology contains an article on mold related allergies. Link
Maryland: The smell hit a visitor at a Baltimore County school smack in the face, according to this North East Reporter article on mold concerns in the schools.
Florida: Heavy rains caused leaks in the Martin County Courthouse; $27 million was spent to make repairs to the courthouse in the 1990s after water intrusion triggered severe mold problems that made employees sick, according to this Palm Beach Post report.
Seattle: Mold and other environmental problems within the Seattle Public Schools are described by a Seattle Post Intelligencer Report article.
The Seattle Public Schools should pay the medical bills of students, teachers and employees sickened from exposure to mold,a school board member said, according to another Seattle Post Intelligencer Report article.
California: Recent editorials calling indoor air advocates "communist-environmentalists" are wrong, according to this Amador Ledger Dispatch opinion piece.
Fresno College has hired a consultant to help them remedy indoor air uslity problems in the math building, according the a 30 Action News Report.
A third fire station is closed for mold remediation, according to a North County Times article.
New Jersey: A judge rejected the request of a Homeowners Association to require owners to move out of their townhouse units while a $3.3 million mold remediation project was undertaken, according to a Princeton Packet report. The Association had settled a water intrusion claim for $2.2 million earlier.
Connecticut: Mold in the flooring in the high school/middle school complex will have to be pulled up and replaced after tests revealed microbial growth in the glue that holds the tile in place, according to a Middletown Press article.