Excessive indoor dampness is a public-health problem: ... sufficient evidence of an association exists between signs of dampness and upper respiratory tract symptoms, cough, wheeze, and asthma symptoms in sensitized persons; and sufficient evidence of an association exists between signs of mold and upper respiratory tract symptoms, cough, wheeze, asthma symptoms in sensitized persons and hypersensitivity pneumonitis in susceptible persons. (IOM: Damp Indoor Spaces and Health, 2004, p.327)
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Teacher's union: Test results prove Key Middle School has dangerous mold
10/16/07"...Members of the Houston Federation of Teachers (HFT) say they have test results that prove mold in Key Middle School could have made staff members sick."(Rucks Russell / 11 News). Read the HFT mold testing report, study the articles and watch the TV news segment(s) on video!
Rucks Russell's 11 News report Members of the Houston Federation of Teachers say they have test results that prove mold in Key Middle School could have made staff members sick.
The laboratory results, conducted at the union’s request by a private firm, analyzed mold samples taken from 24 locations on the campus.
The results identified all the different types of mold and the health hazards they can cause.
Key Middle School has been shut down since the complaints started in September, and students have been attending Fleming Middle School instead.
But HISD said their own testing ruled out mold as the problem, citing damp building syndrome as the issue.
“I think it was that they backed themselves into a corner on their public statements that there was nothing wrong, and then they were out to prove there was nothing wrong. Well, there is something wrong, and they have an opportunity to make up to their employees,” Teacher’s union President Gayle Fallon said.
The union wants continuing health care costs of anyone suffering from ill effects from the mold to be paid for by HISD.
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another story on this topic, 10/17/07:
Union: 'Mold Infestation' Found At School Union uses tests to document dangerous mold at Key Middle School, Houston, TX, that HISD (school district) denied. http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org/content/view/784/33/
