From the monthly archives:

December 2009

What Oprah Needs to Tell Her Audience about Mold

December 30, 2009

Since Oprah’s influence borders on messianic, this is the best opportunity we could hope for to reach out and educate people on just a few simple facts about mold that could end up saving their lives. Now, I could talk for days about mold, but Oprah only has one hour to get the information across. So I’m going to do the Big O a favor by condensing all the mold info out there to just a few key points that will be most helpful to her audience.

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When It Comes to Mold Litigation, Cut Your Losses

December 28, 2009

The apartment replaced Charmaine’s padding, and eventually the carpet. They also supposedly “took care” of the mold growing on her bedroom walls and said that the mold would no longer bother her. This kind of repair would only take care of the visible mold. Mold is also likely growing inside walls, beneath the floor, and other unseen places. It seems the landlord’s actions to find a solution were only cosmetic. Sure enough, mold began creeping up again on her bedroom walls. Charmaine was forced to relocate.

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Rush to Build Houses is a Quick Path to Mold

December 24, 2009

Owners of Quadrant-built homes are complaining about numerous things. In one house, a heater is not powerful enough to heat more than the bedroom. In another house, inspectors found that a dryer vent had been routed to the attic but never piped outdoors, allowing mold to grow rampantly in the attic. More than 1,200 square feet of mold is growing in these houses.

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