Joomla! site syndication http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org 2010-03-10T20:40:52+01:00 http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-02-19T14:43:03+01:00 http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/content/view/1902/63/ Photos by WPSD-TV Westview High, Martin, TN School mold case ends with court-ordered remediation, post-tested by third party, with $650,000 in damages to parents of two injured students. SMH has supported these parents and the once-protesting Westview students, following this story from its inception. We are very pleased that the outcome will benefit the Martin community with a healthier school and will help pay costly medical and legal bills that these families incurred... (SMH) text/html 2009-08-05T03:00:00+01:00 http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/content/view/1906/63/ Maximizing facility performance and thereby students’ potential is at the heart of this conference. The ASHRAE High Performance K-12 School Facilities conference brings together administrators, design professionals, policy makers and other stakeholders for an interactive exchange of challenges and solutions. SMH recommends this ASHRAE conference to all school planners interested in healthier schools! text/html 2010-02-06T21:19:58+01:00 http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/content/view/1901/63/ What is going on at the EPA? Indoor air pollution and mold aren't top priorities? On Feb. 3rd, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency's CIAQ (http://epa.gov/iaq/ciaq) (Committee on Indoor Air Quality) held one of its three yearly meetings in Washington, DC. Prior to this meeting, the US GAO Mold Audit (https://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/content/view/1754/63/)Workgroup was to have met again, in Jan. 2010, to determine how to protect health by informing the American public about mold hazards, prevention and solutions, maintaining consistency across federal agencies (one of their very few meetings scheduled since designated to do so by the GAO in its Oct. 2008 report).Their progress was to have been reported in the CIAQ meeting, as CIAQ oversees this workgroup. But it was a no-show for the mold workgroup. In fact, nothing about mold problems was even on the agenda! We'd like to know WHY. Whose decision was that? We want that information made public, with a detailed explanation. There are signs that under the new Obama-appointed EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, indoor air pollution is not a top priority. text/html 2010-01-25T09:52:47+01:00 http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/content/view/1900/63/ The Center for School Mold Help (SMH) has engaged in a year-long writing campaign with top gov't officials, including President Obama, directors at the CDC, and members of Congress about the impetus to correct the problem of mold in our schools: information about the negative impact of indoor mold and dampness on health. We asked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to fully inform the public about the dangers, especially those noted by a CDC-sponsored Institute of Medicine study and the World Health Organization in very recent years. text/html 2010-01-15T21:13:37+01:00 http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/content/view/1899/63/ Letters that have flowed between The Center for School Mold Help and CDC on the topic of mold and health from Jan., 2009 - Jan., 2010 have influenced the Centers for Disease Control to begin updating their online Mold and Health info(in Nov. and Dec. 2009, on website www.cdc.gov/mold). These are reproduced below, in the interest of public information, public interest, transparency and truth. The first letter was sent to HHS Secretary-Nominee Thomas Daschle, in Jan. 2009. Similar letters and copies of these, below, have been sent to President Obama, the United States Surgeon General, and various members of the US Congress, among other key individuals. These letters appear in chronological order. If a .pdf is desired, please click the .pdf icon n the top right of the body of this article. This article may be shared freely, citing The Center for School Mold Help. (SMH) How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~Anne Frank