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More Mold Found in Wolf Elementary - where "0" mold was claimed, just 5 days ago! (SMH)
POSTED: 04-22-2008 07:30 PM ET | MODIFIED: 04-22-2008 07:30 PM ET
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Click: More Mold Found in Walls at George Wolf Elementary
The mold problem at George Wolf Elementary School in Northampton County has apparently gotten worse. Inspectors found more mold in the walls. Officials say it was in the same area where the mold was first found over a week ago. The superintendent says they expected to find more and that this was not a surprise. There was no mold found in the parts of the school still in use by the students. (WFMZ)
This Missouri school district is claiming that a classroom with 32 times the amount of outdoor Aspergillus/Penicillium spores in January's testing, and other amplified mold counts, now has zero. That is patently ridiculous! There is a link to the district's testing, below, in the news article.
Go to our Fungal Glossary and look up Aspergillus and Penicillium species. These are dangerous, toxin-producing molds that are clearly in massive abundance in this Kindergarten classroom.
This is what happens when conflicts of interest occur. The fox is guarding the chickencoop in the case of districts with liability concerns hiring companies to test, often with the district insurance companies involved directly, and then the district spokespersons interpret the results for the public - always downplaying them. (SMH)
POSTED: 04-22-2008 07:30 PM ET | MODIFIED: 04-22-2008 07:30 PM ET
Watch the TV News video now! (SMH) Click: More Mold Found in Walls at George Wolf Elementary
The mold problem at George Wolf Elementary School in Northampton County has apparently gotten worse. Inspectors found more mold in the walls. Officials say it was in the same area where the mold was first found over a week ago. The superintendent says they expected to find more and that this was not a surprise. There was no mold found in the parts of the school still in use by the students. (WFMZ)
Room 100 down to no mold
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/04/17/room-100-down-no-mold/
By KATE GENELLIE
April 17, 2008 | 5:29 p.m. CST
COLUMBIA — The mold count in Benton Elementary School’s Room 100 is now zero, said Jack Jensen, who oversees elementary education for Columbia Public Schools.
Previously, the presence of mold was such that Renee Mottaz, the classroom’s teacher, was motivated to go before the Columbia School Board on Monday evening. Mottaz said she felt her students were suffering from the amount of mold in the air and showed books from the classroom that were warped by water and mold.
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Limited Indoor Air Quality Testing Results
In her classroom, “Aspergillus/Penicillium like types” of mold were found to be at an elevated level compared with an outside air sample taken as a control, according to an independent testing service hired by the district, Environmental Consultants LLC.
The most common symptoms of exposure to those particular kinds of mold are “runny nose, eye irritation, cough, congestion and aggravation of asthma,” the report stated. However, “susceptibility varies with genetic predisposition, age, state of health and concurrent exposures.”
Information from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is not part of the report, says penicillium can cause dermatitis, which is swollen and itchy skin, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis, which can cause fever, chills, coughing and shortness of breath.
Environmental Consultants’ report noted that leaks in Benton’s roof might be causing the mold growth and that a trash can had been used to collect water dripping from the Room 100 ceiling during storms. The ceiling was also visibly damaged by water.
Construction on a new roof that was supposed to begin in August was started Wednesday. Ninety-five percent of the school’s roof will be replaced, Jensen said, as well as the carpet and ceiling in Room 100.
Because fixing the classroom ceiling will require “destructive investigation,” the report recommends that asbestos and lead-paint testing be conducted.
Benton principal Debby Barksdale said students will be back in that classroom by May 1, as long as the weather holds for construction.
In addition to the levels of mold, the consultants measured the “relative humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide” of the classroom, which were found to be within acceptable ranges. They also tested for carbon monoxide and found none.
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