The Center for School Mold Help

These three articles describes a jury trial with a $4,750,000 Verdict for the plaintiffs that provides insight into the havoc that building mold (in a home, in this case) can wreak on the occupants - in this case, a family in a new home. Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker, of Maryland, a mold researcher and treating physician, tested the family, as did Dr. Allan Lieberman, of South Carolina (SMH). 

"Recent research suggests that indoor mold poses a widespread and, for some people, serious health threat." (US General Accounting Office, 2008)

The GAO (USA General Accounting Office) Audit on Mold that took two years to complete is now posted and public, on the GAO site, as well as below (SMH).

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This groundbreaking report refutes the notion that mold is only a nuisance or minor allergen. It is a key document to use in any venue where one might wish to cite the serious nature of mold exposure - in our schools, homes, offices or other buildings. Parents with children in damp or moldy schools will be able to use this document to show that there is no safe level of mold exposure. Parents of students concerned about or harmed by mold exposures will want to use this document with their school districts, school boards, health departments, physicians, and attorneys. Teachers and school staff concerned about or harmed by mold will want to provide this document to their physicians, unions, local OSHA, health departments and attorneys. 

Gone is the day when denials of the health effects of mold exposures are accepted. Mold remediation will improve with consistent direction from our government. People will be adequately warned of the health risks of indoor mold exposure.

Dr. Sonjay Gupta, CNN's top medical correspondent, one who has included stories related to environmental illnesses including those from mold, has been offered the job of US Surgeon General. Reportedly, he will accept.

Dr. Gupta has covered stories about mold and depression, mold (see below) and other environmental illnesses. This provides hope that he will not avoid or cover up the mold and chemical poisonings that are causing chronic illness in millions of Americans. This appointment offer is very promising (SMH).

from AOL

"U.S. Government Accountability Office studies show that some 15,000 schools in the United States suffer from indoor air that is unfit to breathe. In addition to greenhouse gas emissions, conventional building materials and furnishings release toxic chemicals, volatile organic compounds, such as formaldehyde, and other substances to the air inside the school.

Mold spores, common in deteriorating schools with leaky roofs, along with other biological organisms add to this polluted mix, triggering allergies, and are suspected of increasing new cases of respiratory diseases, particularly asthma, which is the most common chronic illness among children under age 15. Asthma also is the leading cause of student absenteeism in schools, accounting for more than 14 million missed school days each year, according to the AFT."

(AFL-CIO Blog)