EXCELLENT ARTICLE ON MOLD -- THANKS

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MR. GRILLO, Boston Globe:

Thank you for an excellent article on mold.

It can be harmless and even beneficial, but pathogenic molds in high concentration indoors after a chronic moisture problem, can be highly toxic, ie Stachybotrys, Aspergillus fumigatus and A. niger especially for sensitive individuals.

I am involved in about 150 lawsuits/cases nationwide as an expert witness, as the only PhD toxicologist in the US with a PhD in mold poisons who has passed Daubert as an expert witness in adverse health effects in humans. I am 50/50 plaintiff/defense and my name has appeared on ABC News, CBS News, Miami Herald, etc.

Please contact me if you want to know what is really going on in the field in toxic mold and the "state of the art". The toxic mold problem is being driven by the press and toxic tort attorneys due to a lack of solid epidemiological data on human adverse health effects and the lack of federal, state or local governmental guidelines, much less standards, on levels needed to cause bodily injury. It is critical that the public get accurate facts as to how to recognize when a mold problem is serious and what to do about it.

Dr. L. Lipsey

Professor and Toxicologist

Univ. of North Florida-OSHA Cert.

Univ. of Florida Medical Center-Jax,

Poison Control Center

www.richardlipsey.com

LIPSEY'S RESUME--Toxicology And Environmental Health Associates