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"It accuses (Director) Frumkin of letting scientific integrity lag behind political expediency and uncomplicated conclusions. Subcommittee Chairman Brad Miller, D-N.C., said the problems "threaten the health and safety of the American public. Fixing ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, CDC ) requires a cultural shift of the agency."(Associated Press)
"They come in with a very narrow focus and oftentimes they don't come up with anything" to help the community." (Cole, EPA, AP)
Both quotes could easily be applied to school mold investigations by local, state, and federal agencies. The CDC, (Centers for Disease Control) is directly responsible for years of misinformation provided to the public and health agencies regarding the risk to health from mold and damp buildings, lack of science-based information regarding health effects, medical aspects, prevention and solutions, as well as its poor handling of complaints regarding school mold exposures.
This Associated Press article reveals the minimizing of potent dangers to health by the United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, in recent years. Visitors to this site are often all-too-aware that, in like manner, the toxicity of agents in moldy, damp buildings have been minimized by our federal / state government agencies - in order "not to alarm the public", and in order to protect corporate interests over those of the public whose health our federal and state agencies, such as CDC (Centers for Disease Control), OSHA, NIOSH, and our health departments are supposed to protect.
We ask for a broader Congressional investigation into the misinformation and risk to the public caused by federal agencies, specifically and especially the Centers for Disease Control, regarding mold, supported by the recent GAO Audit on Mold. (view current CDC info on mold below this article)
We ask that Congress takes strong action to reverse this general perversion of the protection of public health, which, in turn, will provide some solutions to our current health and economic crises (SMH). |
