Moldy Homes

October 4, 2002

Toxic Mold

CONSUMER NEWS - Do you or your children have a cold that doesn't seem to go

away? You might be sick of your house, literally! Read on and find out what

two different women find out about their homes and toxic mold. Becky

White's life began to change after moving into a condo. She mysteriously

began to get sick. She was in and out of the doctor's office with chronic

respiratory infections and taking numerous antibiotics.

At her doctor's suggestion she hired two companies that investigate indoor

air quality. Both companies found mold in her walls, floors and even in her

bedroom. Mold, they said, from previous flood damage that was not repaired

correctly.

The two companies she hired removed the baseboards and were able to see the

mold growth.

Dr. Robyn Levy a doctor at Asthma Center says that many of her chronic

respiratory patients have recently moved or had previous water damage in

their home. According to Levy, " If there is a change in health related

environmentally in anyway to someone's dwelling or workplace, that dwelling

should be considered guilty until proven innocent and not the other way

around. "

Miccichi considered her home guilty in making her son sick, so she

called the experts. Two-year-old Miles had what doctors thought was a series

of colds and viruses. She thought that it was an allergy because the illness

never seemed to have a beginning or an end.

Medicine was able to help her son with his dust and mold allergies, but his

mother wanted to get to the source of the problem.

The tests on her home proved that there was mold growing in the basement. To

remove the mold she had to call a Mold Remediator. This is a person who is

certified and has been trained to remove mold.

For Becky, the woman we began this article with, medicine didn't help. There

was so much mold that she had to move out of her condo.

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