Mold 101: SUNY dorms need costly clean-up

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Wednesday, August 3, 2005 4:21 PM

Mold 101: SUNY dorms need costly clean-up

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(AP - AP) — There's a moldy mess at a State University of New York

campus and it's going to cost a lot to clean it up.

Crews at Binghamton University are scrambling to get the mold out of

the carpeting in five dormitory buildings.

An official on the SUNY campus in the town of Vestal — just west of

Binghamton — blames the it on old food remnants left behind by the

last group of students who lived in the dorms.

The situation was made worse by the unusually hot and humid weather

in recent weeks — making the conditions perfect for mold growth. A

university spokeswoman says it — in her words — " all seemed to

happen at once. "

The school expects the urgent dorm clean-up detail will cost 200,000

dollars — but the final price may be higher. The situation is so bad

some of the carpeting from buildings opened less than two years ago

is being ripped up and replaced.

Workers have a couple of weeks to get the dorms ready for next

semester's students.

(Bob ph, WNBF, Binghamton)