Re: incline village-strange accurance

[Guest guest]

> Had a friend visiting me in VA from Nevada, told him the Incline

Village saga, he had worked there at one time and said if there was

ever a place that he would have thought had no mold, it would have

been Incline Village, just then, as we sat at the stop light, a huge

truck pulled up in front, blocking the intersection- emblazoned on

its side- Incline Village, Nevada- now what are the chances of

anything like that happening on this planet?

>

Why, it must be... A SIGN!!

Yeah, people think that Vegas is low mold too.

But Dr Craner and UNLV mycologist Stetzenbach have

identified HUNDREDS of Stachy castles there.

__________________________________________________________________

Craner, M.D., M.P.H., d. Stetzenbach, Ph.D. Consultant

in Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Verdi, Nevada Director,

Department of Microbiology, Harry Reid Center for Environmental

Studies, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada

This report describes the methods and outcome of a physician-led

investigation of occupants' prolonged, unexplained illnesses

associated with working inside a large, modern office building.

Occupants (cases) complained of building-related symptoms including

eye, nose, and throat mucous membrane irritation; rashes;

respiratory symptoms; profound, unexplained fatigue; and

neurocognitive symptoms, including difficulty concentrating and

short-term memory impairment. No functional ventilation problems or

chemical contamination were detected in a walk-through evaluation

and basic air quality testing. An epidemiological survey of the

building's 700 occupants was then conducted. With 86% of the

occupants responding to the survey, there was an average case

prevalence of health-related complaints of nearly 25%, evenly

distributed among floors. Cases were geographically distributed in a

pattern which coincided with the location of the ceiling-mounted

variable air volume (VAV) boxes which distributed ventilated air to

the occupied spaces. Re-inspection revealed previously undetected,

focal water-staining of 40% of ceiling tiles located underneath the

VAV boxes throughout the building. Active growth of Stachybotrys

chartarum (atra) and other fungi was detected on many of the damaged

tiles. All water-damaged tiles were replaced and VAV hot water

valves were tightened. Occupants reported significant improvement of

symptoms within weeks after these changes.

__________________________________________________________________

Yup! We're at the ground floor of something really big.

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[Guest guest]

Why, it must be... A SIGN!!

> Yeah, people think that Vegas is low mold too.

> But Dr Craner and UNLV mycologist Stetzenbach have

> identified HUNDREDS of Stachy castles there.

It should be pointed out that the " nearly 25% " incidence of symptoms

in occupants of this building correllate perfectly with Dr. Shoemakers

assessment that 24% of the general population carries the Biotoxin

Susceptible genetic marker HLA-DR.

> __________________________________________________________________

> Craner, M.D., M.P.H., d. Stetzenbach, Ph.D. Consultant

> in Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Verdi, Nevada Director,

> Department of Microbiology, Harry Reid Center for Environmental

> Studies, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada

>

> This report describes the methods and outcome of a physician-led

> investigation of occupants' prolonged, unexplained illnesses

> associated with working inside a large, modern office building.

> Occupants (cases) complained of building-related symptoms including

> eye, nose, and throat mucous membrane irritation; rashes;

> respiratory symptoms; profound, unexplained fatigue; and

> neurocognitive symptoms, including difficulty concentrating and

> short-term memory impairment. No functional ventilation problems or

> chemical contamination were detected in a walk-through evaluation

> and basic air quality testing. An epidemiological survey of the

> building's 700 occupants was then conducted. With 86% of the

> occupants responding to the survey, there was an average case

> prevalence of health-related complaints of nearly 25%, evenly

> distributed among floors. Cases were geographically distributed in a

> pattern which coincided with the location of the ceiling-mounted

> variable air volume (VAV) boxes which distributed ventilated air to

> the occupied spaces. Re-inspection revealed previously undetected,

> focal water-staining of 40% of ceiling tiles located underneath the

> VAV boxes throughout the building. Active growth of Stachybotrys

> chartarum (atra) and other fungi was detected on many of the damaged

> tiles. All water-damaged tiles were replaced and VAV hot water

> valves were tightened. Occupants reported significant improvement of

> symptoms within weeks after these changes.

> __________________________________________________________________

> Yup! We're at the ground floor of something really big.

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