Joomla! site syndication http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:39:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org Joomla! site syndication http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/content/view/1929/63/ We have been writing the CDC for over a year, now (see below), with just the slightest of changes accomplished by CDC in direct response to our request to inform the American public about the findings of the IOM and WHO with regard to mold, dampness, and health.The CDC's mishandling of mold science is causing millions of Americans to fall ill in our schools, workplaces, and homes - costing billions of dollars in lost health and productivity, placing a burden on families and our healthcare system. We thought we'd note integrity restored to the CDC by this time. It hasn't happened yet. CDC, even under the Obama administration, with newly appointed Director Thomas Frieden, is still dragging its bureaucratic, conflicted heels about telling us the scientific truth about indoor mold, dampness and health. We want all the indoor mold and dampness health effects warnings and conclusions listed by the World Health Organization and the long-ignored, CDC-funded study by the IOM: Damp Indoor Spaces and Health (2004) to be included in all related CDC guidance documents, at the very least. The US General Accounting Office (US GAO, 2008) agreed that federal agencies, such as the CDC, were not utilizing current scientific knowledge related to indoor mold and health and were misleading the public. The CDC is still ignoring the GAO: MOLD Audit Sept. 2008 (https://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/../content/view/1331/1/) recommendations, even under the Obama administration and its new director, Dr. Frieden. This is very disappointing and must change. We need our site visitors to write and contact the CDC, too, insisting on current science from these authoritative sources, its Mission, Scientific Integrity, and Open Government being applied to all of its asthma, chronic illness, illness prevention, mold and health information. (SMH) Resources - Take Action: Mold Activism Resources Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:26:34 +0100 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) Resources - News You Can Use Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:43:03 +0100 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! Resources - News You Can Use Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0100 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. Resources - News You Can Use Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:19:58 +0100 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. Resources - News You Can Use Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:52:47 +0100