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Louisville One Of The Worst Cities for Allergies & Mold

April 27, 2011

The Asthma & Allergy Foundation recently ranked Louisville, KY one of the worst cities in the nation for allergy sufferers. When the warmer weather comes, mold spores take advantage of the moisture in the air and begin to multiply. Mold can cause many allergy-like symptoms such as itchy watery eyes, scratchy throat, and nasal congestion, especially if it’s growing indoors. If you’re feeling symptoms or think you have a mold problem in your home, it is critical to take immediate action to have it professionally removed before conditions worsen.

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What Every Parent Should Know About Mold

December 29, 2010

. In fact, it is more likely that your child will attend a moldy school than live in a moldy home. Our nation’s public school systems have a serious indoor air quality problem that is affecting 20% of all schools at least. Keep in mind, that mold affects people differently so some children will probably not exhibit the same symptoms.

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Clash of the Chitins

October 13, 2010

If anything, this study will help us fully understand why mold can cause severe asthma attacks in some but not others. One of the reasons toxic mold remediation is so misunderstood is because it usually does not affect everyone in the same moldy place equally. More emphasis needs to be put on the reasons why some people are more susceptible.

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Five Years After Katrina, Mold Leaves a Lasting Legacy

September 7, 2010

About 10.2 million children have asthma, or one in seven kids. This number has grown steadily over the last ten years. The asthma rate in New Orleans is one of the highest in the nation, and the city has the highest childhood asthma death rate in Louisiana. Asthma is 60% higher among Africa-American children and nearly 300% higher among Puerto Rican children.

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Mold Causes Child Permanent Brain Damage

July 28, 2010

Ebony joins the ranks of many others who have had permanent damage as a result of failed remediation of mold. Yet, despite these examples, there is still a large public consensus that does not believe mold can do anything more than irritate allergies. For this reason, building owners will not even seek a mold removal estimate.

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Surgeon General Warns About Mold

September 7, 2009

The first occurrence of mold in the document is when Galson lists it as a contributor to asthma – along with pests, pet dander, airborne, dust, dust mites, and excess moisture. But even with so many other factors, he still credits mold and dampness to “21% of current asthma cases in the United States, at an annual cost of $3.5 billion.” Too bad Galson neglected to mention that mold has been linked to tripling the asthma rate over the last 20 years. He also could have mentioned the 1999 Mayo Clinic study which found that almost all cases (96%) of chronic sinusitis, affecting 37 million Americans, are caused by mold.

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Top 10 Most Interesting Facts About Mold (Part 2)

April 20, 2009

2. Mold destroys more wood each year than all the fires, floods, and termites combined.

White rot, soft rot, and the especially destructive brown rot mold, Poria incrassate, is responsible for decaying lumber and wood used in building construction. In fact, more than 5% of all construction lumber manufactured in the UnitedStatues is used to replace wood that has been decayed by mold.

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Babies Born During Mold Season are More Likely to Develop Asthma

March 27, 2009

A study of 514 children from the same region, born in 1999 and 2000, were shown to have three times the likelihood of developing asthma if they were born during the peak mold or peak pollen times of the year.

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