Health Tip: Keep Mold Out of Your Home

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I'm behind federal mold guidelines 100%. My family has lost everything too. The worst part about it is that it's like your house burnt down, only insurance won't cover anything, you can look at all of your belongings, but you can't take them with you. We had a lousy landlord who wouldn't fix anything. We had over 7000 Aspergillus mold spores per cubic foot in our home. I have MS. I couldn't breathe. My son was having horrible nosebleeds that would occur 5 times a week and would last for over an hour. We just couldn't stop the bleeding.
Since we've moved out his nosebleeds have stopped and I can breathe again. But I want my stuff. Baby pictures, wedding pictures, CLOTHES!!! I want my furniture. I want all of the things that my family has collected over the years. But our landlord refuses to pay for remediation. He just wants our stuff out as fast as possible so he can rent the place out to someone else. Yes, you heard me right. He plans to rent it out without remediation of the property. He knows it's dangerous and he doesn't care. He just wants his money.
Our government should protect us from this stuff. It should protect us from people like my landlord. No one should have to go through this kind of trauma. No one should have to chose between their health and having a roof over their heads. No child should have to sit in an empty room, sleep on the floor and know that all of the toys they want to play with are sitting in a house, perfectly usable, except that they will make them sick. No one should get away with treating other human beings this way.
I feel like my belongings are being held hostage at the moment. My landlord is holding them hostage by refusing to pay to have the remediation done. With a government who's so keen on keeping people safe from their OWN decisions, such as whether to fry their brain with pot or not, you'd think they would be concerned with the health risks of a proven danger such as mold.

April Lynn of MO 2:34AM October 26, 2009

In addition to the suggestions above, those with mold and allergy concerns may want to check out the remarkable research on toxic mold removal done by environmental expert Dr Ed Close. Simply diffusing a therapeutic-grade essential oil regularly will likely result in an environment very hostile to mold, not might to mention the health benefits, long-term protection, and simply making your home smell great. You also consider using the Thieves Household Cleaner that Dr Close suggests for his remediation clients.
http://www.secretofthieves.com/mold.cfm/79544
In one instance, 10,667 stachybotrys mold spores were identified in a per cubic meter area. After diffusing Thieves essential oil for forty-eight hours, Dr Close retested. Only thirteen stachybotrys remained. Similarly, 75,000 stachybotrys mold spores were identified in a sample of sheetrock. After seventy-two hours of diffusing, no stachybotrys mold spores remained. (Stachybotrys has a reputation for being the most toxic mold.)

toxicmoldtruth of TX 12:19PM September 08, 2009

The following information has been sent to hundreds of elected officials throughout the country.
I am writing to you on behalf of millions of Americans who have been harmed by exposure to toxic mold. The following message has been sent to hundreds of elected officials including President Obama, all U.S. Senators, members of the U.S. House, the Governors of all 50 states, state legislators, state health departments, etc.
Toxic mold causes serious health problems. We need your help to get laws passed in order to ensure that the American people can get appropriate medical care and the correct information regarding the handling and remediation of toxic mold. We need laws and regulations in regard to people who test and remediate mold in order to stop the fraud and deceit that has been occurring throughout the country.
Toxic mold can happen to anyone. My family’s experience is a good example of what has been happening to families throughout the country. We had toxic mold in our home. We lost our home, our health, all of our personal belongings and our financial security. What if your family lost everything—your home, your health, your personal property, your family mementos, your financial security, and your children’s sense of safety?
For 50 years, the tobacco industry denied the truth about the health effects of tobacco. How long will the insurance industry and other stakeholders be allowed to deny the truth about the health effects of toxic mold? We need to expose the truth now and educate the public about the proper way to handle mold problems in our homes, schools and businesses. If your family was exposed to toxic mold, wouldn’t you want laws in place to protect your loved ones? This is all we are asking. We need your leadership and action on this very important issue.
The following information will give you a good place to start in understanding the issues that need to be addressed. These ten items are a very small sample of the thousands of documents available on this topic. I thought these items would be most helpful in your efforts to create new laws and regulations about mold-related issues. You might also review the mold legislation that was proposed by Representative John Conyers.
1. The following paper has an insightful discussion of whether mold contamination in homes can be regulated. “Can Mold Contamination of Homes be Regulated–Lessons Learned from Radon and Lead Policies”? The answer is YES.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es0620585
2. The State of California issued mold remediation guidelines. This is one of the most up-to-date reports available. It contains references to several important articles about the health effects of toxic mold. The U.S. Navy also has mold remediation guidelines.
http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/06/01/06-001.pdf
http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/prevmed/katrina/ihfom_ch13-3.pdf

TruthAboutMold of IA 3:58PM September 07, 2009