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Schools throughout New
England battle mold
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. --
It's popped up in carpeting, crawled over ceiling tiles and slimed books
and bulletin boards in schools from Maine to Rhode Island. "Mold growth
has been at a rate that we have never seen in history," said Suzanne
Condon, assistant commissioner for environmental health for the
Massachusetts health department.
By Trudy Tynan, Associated Press Writer,
www.boston.com, September 14, 2003
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Suit
claims DIA exposes travelers, employees to mold
Local United Airlines employees and travelers are
plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against Denver International Airport July 31
in Denver District Court claiming they have been exposed to unsafe mold
and fungi at the airport since 1995.
Denver Business Journal,
July 31, 2003
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She's baaaaack...Betty Cox returns with law
degree to fight toxic mold in schools
A
school secretary is suing the Rapides Parish School Board with the help of
former school superintendent Betty Cox. Cox, now a Baton Rouge lawyer, is
representing Peggy Bergeron in her lawsuit that claims toxic mold in her
office at the Rapides
Motivational Center made her ill.
By Emily Peters, The Town Talk,
Alexandria, Louisiana, July 30, 2003
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Mold stinks up DIA
Reports since 1996
describe persistent trouble with fungi.
At least six
investigations at Denver International Airport since 1996 have found water
leaks and mold growth in basement areas, and de-icing fluid stinking up
the swank Red Carpet Club lounge . . .
federal inspectors found that fungi
contamination remained in basement office areas three years after the
airport was notified about it.
By Todd Hartman,
Rocky Mountain News,
July 28,
2003
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School Board may OK contract to clean up schools’ mold
Brownsville students to begin
year in temporary classrooms.
BROWNSVILLE — Students at Aiken and Besteiro schools will begin the school
year in temporary classrooms, but the Brownsville school board hopes
today’s meeting . . . approve a $8 million-plus contract fee to a mold
remediation company to clean up Aiken Elementary and Besteiro Middle
School.
By Criselda Valdez, The Brownsville Herald, Brownsville, Texas, July
23, 2003
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Insurers may
exclude mold claims
Insurance companies may exclude mold damage claims
from their Maryland policies, Alfred W. Redmer Jr., the state's new
insurance commissioner, has ruled. The decision reversed a March ruling by
then-Commissioner Steven B. Larsen, who decided that insurers could not
deny mold coverage.
By Trif Alatzas,
Sun Staff,
Sunspot Business,
www.sunspot.net,
July 3, 2003
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Damp Weather leads to Mold
The grass is growing without limits. Puddles are everywhere,
and basements are flooded. People might not be thrilled with above-average
rainfall, but mold doesn't seem to mind. Mold thrives in conditions of
high humidity where there's lots of groundwater, said Robert Simmons,
mycologist at Georgia State University in Atlanta.
By MaryAnne Pysson,
Staff Writer, Augusta
Chronicle,
June 19, 2003
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