Re: * Sick bldg inspection questions

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By tester I'm assuming you mean Mold Inspector.

It's my understanding his job is to interview all concerned with relevant

knowledge of the premises and recommend a plan for testing...

He takes the samples and sends them to a laboratory for analysis. His fee is

related to the number of interviews he performs and the number of test samples

he takes.

He does perform a visual inspection of the premises and should be asking a

million questions of all who are there to give testimony.

If your wife is an affected and interested person she should prepare a statement

of her duties within the building and offer them directly to the Mold Inspector.

I'd like to believe she'd be one to be interviewed.

If there is mold present the inspector should be able to find evidence and

through sampling and testing identify the type. If you don't directly work at

the facility you're probably not able to contribute to the inspection.

I would expect the inspector would assemble a history of complaints by the

staff. And also a history from maintenance records of water damage to the

building, plumbing leaks, storm damage, and all interior wall and ceiling

repairs. This all with the visual inspections would most likely be sufficient

to locate the area of the building worthy of sampling.

Ken

[] Sick bldg inspection questions

Hi, I'm looking for some good questions to ask a prosective tester of

the school that caused my wife to be neurologically affected by toxic

mold. We've all heard this before- they've ignored the problem, kids,

faculty sick- nothing new to this group, but I thought this would be

perfect source to get some thoughts/ideas from.

Thanks to Dr Ritchie Shoemaker, she's much better, but may never be

100%. Get his book " Mold Warriors " . The man knows his stuff. I just

wish the EPA/other government clowns and the Hopkins bow tie crowd

would agree on standards so we can get this thing moving. As it

stands, if Hopkins didn't discover it, it's looked at with disdain.

Meanwhile, people suffer. This just continues to give the insurance

companies, housing industry, employers, etc the cover they need. Sad..

Well, again, any ideas are appreciated.

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Ken, very good points. Thanks

> By tester I'm assuming you mean Mold Inspector.

>

> It's my understanding his job is to interview all concerned with

relevant knowledge of the premises and recommend a plan for testing...

>

> He takes the samples and sends them to a laboratory for analysis.

His fee is related to the number of interviews he performs and the

number of test samples he takes.

>

> He does perform a visual inspection of the premises and should be

asking a million questions of all who are there to give testimony.

>

> If your wife is an affected and interested person she should

prepare a statement of her duties within the building and offer them

directly to the Mold Inspector. I'd like to believe she'd be one to

be interviewed.

>

> If there is mold present the inspector should be able to find

evidence and through sampling and testing identify the type. If you

don't directly work at the facility you're probably not able to

contribute to the inspection.

>

> I would expect the inspector would assemble a history of complaints

by the staff. And also a history from maintenance records of water

damage to the building, plumbing leaks, storm damage, and all

interior wall and ceiling repairs. This all with the visual

inspections would most likely be sufficient to locate the area of the

building worthy of sampling.

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> Ken

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> [] Sick bldg inspection questions

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> Hi, I'm looking for some good questions to ask a prosective

tester of

> the school that caused my wife to be neurologically affected by

toxic

> mold. We've all heard this before- they've ignored the problem,

kids,

> faculty sick- nothing new to this group, but I thought this would

be

> perfect source to get some thoughts/ideas from.

>

> Thanks to Dr Ritchie Shoemaker, she's much better, but may never

be

> 100%. Get his book " Mold Warriors " . The man knows his stuff. I

just

> wish the EPA/other government clowns and the Hopkins bow tie

crowd

> would agree on standards so we can get this thing moving. As it

> stands, if Hopkins didn't discover it, it's looked at with

disdain.

> Meanwhile, people suffer. This just continues to give the

insurance

> companies, housing industry, employers, etc the cover they need.

Sad..

>

> Well, again, any ideas are appreciated.

>

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