College Professors Latest to Claim Health Effects From Mold

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Ky. College Professors Latest to Claim Health Effects From Mold

Contamination

January 17, 2005

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2005/01/17/49733.htm

College professors in Kentucky have joined the ranks of Americans

claiming to suffer from the health effects of mold contamination.

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Faculty, including two nursing lab faculty members, at Mayville

Community College complained of respiratory ailments, souring an

investigation that uncovered several forms of mold in the sections

of the college's heating, ventilation, air conditioning system as

well as inside walls, the Maysville Ledger-Independent reported.

Some foes of the mold remediation industry contend there are no

widespread ill effect from mold contamination, while the U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and Environmental Protection Agency warn

of health impacts.

In Kentucky, college officials have sealed off contaminated section

of the facility and are conducting remediation.

Industry educator Bob , of Enviro-Mold Video-Aire in Texas,

told CM e-News Daily that mold remediation costs topped the

discussion list at a recent national conference of property

insurance industry executives.