Re: One Sick Building !!!!

[Guest guest]

Don,

Good luck. I got sick at work in a moldy basement and come to find out a year before there was a report hidden about how dangerous it is. They finally forced me out on disability. A year later I am still sick and fighting the Government as it was in a federal facility. God Bless you,

Janet

[Guest guest]

Don you may want to check with Dr. Lieberman in ton. He runs

a great enviromental Medicine clinic there.

Ren C.

--- In , " Don Fortner " <donfortner@c...>

wrote:

> I have just received an environmental report on my workplace. Not a

> pretty picture. Below are some of the " critters " that I have been

> inhaling, ingesting and living with for 15 plus years. I have had to

> file for Workman's Comp, long-term disability with my employer and

> disability with the South Carolina State Retirement System. It is a

> real " hot potato " and no one wants to hold it.

>

> I have contacted an attorney for my Workman's Comp claim and waiting

> for the next step. All three groups are evaluating my claim. I

> have made the environmental report available to all three that

> currently have claims against them. After depleting all of my earned

> sick

> and annual leave, my employer put me on unpaid leave on March 22,

> 2004. As you probably know, if you are having similiar problems,

> you won't get much help from anyone but yourself. I now have OSHA

> involved and have put together a very in-depth news release for

> possible use in the future.

>

> I would just encourage all of the sufferers of exposure to mycotoxin

> producing mold to not give up! Keep pursuing your cause and

> continue to share with others. The day is coming when industry and

> businesses will realize the problem that we are dealing with. Only

> then will the workers be assured of a safe working environment.

>

> I have a site of my own about my experiences so far with the mold

> issue. Lots of photos and other info there. Please feel free to

check

> it out and share anything that you might have of interest in your

> case. Maybe we can all ban together to help others. Here is a

> snapshot of the environmental report. I hope to publish it in it's

> entirety to my site.

>

>

>

> After seven (7) months of persistance, I finally received an

> environmental report on the facility where I have

been

> employed for

> the last

> 15 years. From what I can glean from the report (I am

> not a

> scientist) it looks like lots of unhealthy stuff was

> found in the

> building. I am

> going to list a few as taken from the report.

>

> Aspergillius/Penicillium - Like 10,667 spores/m3

> Cladosporium - 356 spores/m3

>

> Basidiospores - 356 spores/m3

>

> Ascospores 800 spores/m3

> Basidiospores- 20,000 spores/m3

> Smuts - Myxomycetes/Periconia 267 spores/m3

>

>

> Alternaria - 44 spores/m3

> Amerospores - 200 spores/m3

> Aspergillius/Penicillium - Like 756 spores/m3

> Basidiospores - 67 spores/m3

> Cladospoirum - 89 spores/m3

> Curvularia - 22 spores/m3

> Pithomyces/Ulocladium 22 spores/m3

> Smuts/myxomycetes/Periconia- 44 spores/m3

>

> Cladosporium- 37,000 CFU/Gram

> Penicillium - 8,000 CFU/Gram

> TOTAL 45,000 CFU/GRAM

>

>

> These are only some of the sample testing results

> taken from the full

> report. I am seeking some expert to explain these

> results to me

> and the health dangers posed.

>

> Don Fortner