Exposing the truth about the health effects of toxic mold.
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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.
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
3. Several states have passed legislation designating September 2009
as toxic mold awareness month, and other states have passed legislation
regarding standards and qualifications for mold investigators. The
following links provide two examples:
Nevada legislation about toxic mold awareness month
4.
The U.S. Surgeon General recently announced the federal government's
new Healthy Home Initiative which discusses mold and mold toxins, along
with lead paint and radon, and other issues that can affect the indoor
environment in homes.
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/healthyhomes/calltoactiontopromotehealthyhomes.pdf
5. The Center for School Mold Help has a lot of valuable information
about mold in schools. Another group, Homeowners Against Deficient
Dwellings, is focused on water damage and mold problems caused by
construction defects.
http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org
http://www.hadd.com/
6. There are many books available on this subject including these two books:
Bioaerosols: Assessment and Control" This book was published by the
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists in 1999.
"Molds and Mycotoxins Papers from an International Symposium" This
book was edited by Kaye Kilburn, M.D. and was published by Heldref
Publications in 2004.
7. Three of the experts who have been leading the way:
James
Craner, MD, MPH, is an occupational and environmental medicine
specialist who has evaluated over 1,000 individuals with
building-related health problems and conducted many epidemiological
studies of occupants of mold-contaminated buildings.
http://www.drcraner.com
http://www.drcraner.com/images/A Critique of the ACOEM Statement on Mold.pdf
Jack Thrasher, Ph.D., is a toxicologist who has assisted in many situations involving mold in homes, schools and businesses.
http://www.drthrasher.org
Ritchie Shoemaker, MD, has treated many people who have been exposed to mold and has written several articles and books.
http://www.biotoxin.info
8. The following links are from military textbooks. The first one is
Chapter 34 on Trichothecene Mycotoxins, and the second one is Chapter 4
on Toxins (which includes information about mycotoxins). If the U.S.
military can admit that mycotoxins are dangerous, then why are the
insurance companies allowed to deny that mycotoxins cause health
problems.
http://www.envirochex.com/Downloads/Chapter34_Military_Medicine.pdf
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1018.5/MR1018.5.chap4.html
9. The University of Connecticut published a handbook titled "Guidance
for Clinicians on the Recognition and Management of Health Effects
Related to Mold Exposure and Moisture Indoors."
http://oehc.uchc.edu/images/PDFs/MOLDGUIDE.pdf
10. There are thousands of articles regarding the health effects of
toxic mold, including the following report focusing on the neurotoxic
effects:
"The Validity of Environmental Neurotoxic Effects of Toxigenic Molds and Mycotoxins."
Toxic mold is a very serious health threat, and we need to do everything we can to help protect all Americans.
For additional information about this important topic, go to http://truthaboutmold.info.
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