California is known for its sunny skies and warm weather, but this winter was different. The state was hit with a series of powerful storms that brought heavy rains, strong winds, and even hail. The storms have caused widespread damage to homes and businesses across the state, leaving many families to deal with the aftermath. […]
While U.S. service members risk their lives fighting for our country, many of their families live in dirty and dangerous homes. An investigation by CBS News and Reuters has found one of the military’s largest housing contractors apparently misled the Air Force to qualify for millions of dollars in bonus payments. The FBI is now […]
How to Confront a “Super Fungus” In An Increasingly Pathogen-Friendly World; reprinted by permission from www.moldfreeliving.com Part One From time to time, I try to use this blog as an opportunity to introduce and discuss the latest news topics concerning mold/fungus and human health that come onto the scene and temporarily dominate mainstream media platforms. […]
Written by Leo Shane III for MilitaryTimes House Democrats want to add $140 million to the president’s military construction budget for next year to help improve the quality of family housing across the force. On Tuesday, lawmakers from the House Appropriations Committee offered their first draft of the fiscal 2020 military construction spending bill, which […]
For over 15 years, Mold-Help.org has raised red flags about the serious consequences of fungal infections. Now, Candida auris has startled the world with the illnesses and death it causes. The New York Times has published articles not only exposing potentially the most dangerous epidemic in recent history, but also the coverup of the century. […]
TAMPA (WFLA) – Military leaders are under fire after reports of substandard housing at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa and other military installations across the country. Families have been turning to 8 On Your Side for weeks about mold problems and now the Senate Armed Services Committee will demand answers during a hearing Thursday. […]
Government-provided housing is one of the many incentives young men and women receive for joining the U.S. military. I’ve seen base housing at Fort Benning which looked pretty similar to my old college dorm room, and I’ve observed exquisitely-manicured lawns and historically-preserved homes at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. Where military personnel […]
BUSHKILL, PA — There’s moisture in the air at Middle Smithfield Elementary School — and maybe mold too. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has ordered the East Stroudsburg Area School District to take corrective action after a Jan. 23 inspection identified mold and nearly a dozen leaks in the school’s ceilings. “Trust me, […]
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – A proposed bill that could bring South Carolina one step closer to regulating mold is now one step closer to becoming a reality. House Bill 3127 is a resolution that will establish a committee that would study the impacts of mold and find the best way to get rid of it. […]
This article was produced in partnership with The Southern Illinoisan, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network HUD inspections pass dangerous apartments filled with rats, roaches and toxic mold. The system for inspecting federally subsidized properties is failing low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities and undermining the agency’s oversight. In the […]
Riverhead Town Council members question no-bid town contract for mold cleanup. Company has family connections to supervisor’s office. Long Island, NY – Two Town Council members say it has the appearance of a no-bid contract awarded to a relative of one of the supervisor’s friends, and that the supervisor threatened one of them politically if […]
Rio Arriba County officials claim their low-income public housing units do not have toxic mold despite County-commissioned lab tests identifying at least four mold species listed by the federal government as species of particular concern in four units. “Toxic mold was not evident,” County Public Housing Director Angie Pacheco told County Commission Chairman Elias Coriz […]
Pahrump, NV – Prisoners in the Pahrump jail have been shipped out to other locations while the county investigates mold found behind the laundry machine. Bob Jones, Nye County facilities manager, said he received air samples Wednesday which showed the jail was safe to be reoccupied. The buildings and grounds department took the opportunity to […]
Monticello, PA — The Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce has moved out of its Broadway office because its boardroom has been infested with black mold for more than a year, chamber officials said. “We had several floods in the office and the landlord never did the proper repairs, so we ended up with some serious […]
Lima, OH – Matthews (a democratic candidate) released a statement- saying that the mold has caused too many health concerns- and that the board should be prepared to move their operations. Josiah Matthews – a candidate for Allen County Commissioner- is weighing in on the safety issue that exists at the board of elections.. Matthews released a […]
Durham, NC – The move took place in early March and affected 59 officers plus additional administrative personnel. They have been split between the District 2 station at Northgate Mall and Police Department headquarters at 505 W. Chapel Hill St. “We just had to cram ’em in into what we had,” said Jesse Burwell, the Police […]
Albany, NY – In 2005, the State Legislature found that “certain forms of mold pose an unacceptable risk to New York State’s health and environment” and that “indoor toxins, specifically toxic mold, have been an under-recognized health and environmental problem.” The Legislature passed a law, effective Aug. 2, 2005, that called for the creation of […]
Behind the door of Army Spec. Jeremy Duncan’s room, part of the wall is torn and hangs in the air, weighted down with black mold. When the wounded combat engineer stands in his shower and looks up, he can see the bathtub on the floor above through a rotted hole. The entire building, constructed between […]
This is an example of what one family accomplished, thus far, in the state capitol of Wisconsin, following a school mold exposure that their 11 year old daughter became ill from, despite the lack of progress at their local school. MADISON, Wis. — “The Wisconsin Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would monitor indoor air […]
WASHINGTON – Amid contentious debate over its version of the Interior Appropriations Bill, the House of Representatives took an important stand for the environment and the public’s right to know about toxic pollution. Last Thursday, the House voted to accept the Pallone-Solis Toxic Right-To-Know amendment that shuts down plans by the Environmental Protection Agency to […]
Washington, DC – If anyone who has been watching the events unfold in light of the recent hurricanes; it is obvious that the CDC, among other governmental agencies, is trying to downplay wrongdoings, to say the least. MHS has just uncovered some additional information about the CDC and their attempts to stifle evidence, funding assistance, and […]
Picayune, LA – Mike Henderson, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency environmental evaluation official, arrived in Louisiana and may be as damaging as the mold itself. In typical EPA fashion, Henderson was full of misleading information that the public should ignore. After FEMA, we need not go further to give reason why such misinformation was dispensed […]
Tallahassee, FL – Many concerned citizens who have been affected by hurricanes know the real problems with well sponsored organizations such as Salvation Army and the American Red Cross. Although both agencies look helpful and self-assuring from the outside, their inner intentions have been so often misunderstood, and no one knows better than a hurricane victim. Unfortunately, no […]
New Orleans, LA – It has only been a few days since we have heard about Katrina and already there have been well under an estimated 20,000 deaths once reported. The city of New Orleans is almost completely submerged underwater and several hundred thousands of others have not been accounted for. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida have […]
Austin, TX – The United States CSPI (Center for Science Public Interest), due to growing public awareness and education over the severe health hazards mold poisoning, is suing Quorn Foods and Whole Foods Market over a dangerous food additive. The first evidence that Quorn causes severe vomiting and diarrhea came in 1977 from a clinical […]
Oregon Finally Gets ‘Homeowners Bill of Rights’ Salem, OR – Governor Ted Kulongoski (D) signed into law Senate Bill 118, which passed both chambers of the Oregon Legislature without opposition last week. It will take effect in January 2006. The governor has signed into law a bill called the Homeowners Bill of Rights in an […]
Austin, TX – New state laws require contractors to have training, insurance and certification to assess and remove mold. “Things have changed,” said Dr. Mani Skaria, a mycologist and plant pathologist at the Texas A&M-Kingsville Citrus Center in Weslaco. “Two years ago, there was no control. Contractors who didn’t understand or care about the biology […]
Atlanta, GA – The Centers for Disease Control, along with the EPA have had been under rigid scrutiny for their controversial ignorant stance on the thousands of complaints they have received from angry home owners, renters, and workers who have been denied any benefits due to the CDC and their purposeful method of ignoring claims […]
Portland – Scotia Prince Cruises has announced that the entire 2005 season is cancelled due to continued mold contamination at the City of Portland’s International Marine Terminal (IMT). The EPA’s Center for Disease Control’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has conducted two separate evaluations of the IMT in the past month. Additionally […]
AAAAI claims mold allergy a bigger health concern than toxic mold? What were they thinking? Milwaukee, WI – Mold is normally present in all homes, but is usually harmful only in large concentrations to allergic or sensitive individuals claims a controversial report published in this month’s Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The Supreme Court said Monday it will use a renters’ lawsuit claiming personal injury from toxic mold in apartments to clarify when plaintiffs can sue in federal or state court. The question is a hot political topic, since consumers often pursue claims in state courts, where large payouts in class-action lawsuits tend to […]
Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Warren Ettinger, has ruled that Dr. Juan Manuel Gutierrez, Ph.D., Board Certified neuropsychologist may offer his expert opinion that exposure to toxic mold was the cause of a Plaintiff’s permanent brain injury. In the case of Dee v PCS, Plaintiff Darcee Dee, a former resident of […]
Rochester, NY – A Hamlin man, injured by mold that grew in his house after a plumbing mishap, will get more than $8,000 in aid from Monroe County for demolishing the structure. The money – $8,425 from the county’s home investment partnerships program – will go directly to a contractor, a county spokeswoman said today. […]
A bill to limit what insurance companies would have to pay for certain household mold clean-ups cleared the Virginia Senate by a nose this week. Mold remediation, the industry’s term for the process, has become an increasingly contentious, widespread and expensive issue in recent years. Insurance policies have long excluded mold damage as a payable […]
General of the United States is ducking the issue on questions concerning toxic mold. Surgeon General’s Office Issues Conflicting Message on “Toxic Mold” – In a move that spells trouble for tens of thousands of sick and disabled Americans, the Surgeon General of the United States is ducking the issue on questions concerning toxic mold […]
WINNIPEG – Residents of a southern Manitoba First Nation have filed a lawsuit accusing the federal government of ignoring a toxic mould problem that has forced some people from their homes and made others sick. In a statement of claim filed in Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench on Tuesday, the Dakota Plains First Nation wants […]
In the five weeks since St. Lucie County schools reopened, teacher Tina Hill has suffered from sore throats, sinus infections and headaches. Three times she has visited the doctor, who prescribed steroids to combat symptoms. But they persist. And they are likely to as school officials struggle with five years’ worth of hurricane-related repairs that […]
PLAINVIEW – Hale County has joined the ranks of counties and schools in the area battling against mold, but local officials say they are fortunate their problem hasn’t grown as big as some. “We’ve got ours pretty well under control,” said Judge Bill Hollars. “I guess we’re pretty lucky we got on it quick and […]
ATHENS — If county commissioners rushed back to their respective precincts Tuesday to work on something less complicated — like county roads — most Henderson County residents would understand. They probably didn’t run for office thinking they’d spend so much time wrestling with spores instead of ditches and road graders. But the four commissioners and […]
When Martindale Mayor Maebeth Bagley announced a Federal Emergency Management Agency buy out last month for 36 homeowners whose properties were damaged in the floods of October 1998 and November 2001, she expressed hopes that the program would be completed and residents moved out of flood-prone areas before floodwaters raised the San Marcos River once […]
Austin, TX – “At least one US House Member has only the interest of the insurance industry in mind and wouldn’t know fraud if it bit him”, said Melinda Ballard, President, Policyholders of America, after she testified before a House Subcommittee whose charge is to investigate the growing mold problem plaguing homeowners today. The subcommittee […]
“The Employer and the Union jointly recognize the importance of maintaining a safe environment. The Employer agrees to comply with all State and Federal OSHA requirements. The Employer agrees to continue present practices regarding floor slats and mats, and to review all new facilities with regard to such present practices.” A Local 681 member complained […]
3/2/05 Dracut-MA- The Farrell family is learning a hard lesson about home ownership thanks to aspergillus and Penicillium, widely known as mycotoxin-producing mold, which is becoming very prevalent in homes nowadays. Many experts have their ideas why there is such strange fungal disarray, but few will speak publicly about this highly political topic.A somewhat […]
Washington DC – The discovery of extensive mold contamination in property throughout the United States has led to the introduction of legislation in various states in an effort to combat this problem. Representatives from California, Maryland, New York, and Texas have all introduced legislation that focuses on educating and protecting the public from the potentially […]
H.R. 5040 (“The Melina Bill”): The United States Toxic Mold Safety and Protection Act The growth of “toxic mold” is becoming a problem of monumental proportions. Exposure to mold growth in residential, public and commercial buildings is believed to have caused serious medical conditions which include bleeding lungs, digestive problems, hair loss, nausea, loss of […]
by George Ochenski Come Monday the Montana Legislature convenes for yet another “special session” to balance the state’s budget. Truth be told, there is nothing “special” about these affairs. They are quick, dirty, and usually leave the public confused, dismayed, and disgusted. Unfortunately for all Montanans, the coming debacle promises to fit that mold exactly. […]
WASHINGTON /U.S. Newswire/ — A new Safety and Health Information Bulletin issued by OSHA today gives recommendations on how to prevent mold growth and how to protect workers involved in the prevention and cleanup of mold. Indoor exposure to mold can cause allergic reactions and asthma attacks in some individuals. “This bulletin offers workers some basic […]
New legislation being discussed in Lansing ultimately could set standards for toxic mold that don’t exist anywhere in the country. There are no state or federal standards on which molds – or how many mold spores – are dangerous. House Bills 6177 through 6179 could change that. One bill of the three-bill package would require […]
Here in the community of Ocean Breeze, several residents feel that both the county and the state have turned a blind eye to their housing complaints. Dozens of people have bought manufactured homes that had a list of serious problems, including faulty thermostats and pipes not being hooked up properly, causing insulation under the homes […]
Arizona SB 1432 Would create a legislative study group to consider the financial, environmental and health-related effects of indoor commercial and residential mold contamination. SB 1432 Adopted Amendment Introduced and referred to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment committee, Health committee and Rules committee 2/6/02. Reported favorably from Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment with amendment […]
 
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