Re: CDC--MOLDS ARE FINE FOR NORMAL FOLKS

August 12, 2005

Who are the normal folks? The ones that don't react? Those numbers

are decreasing drastically and will soon be in the minority.

Most health and safety regulations are geared to the " general public "

but not everyone. They deliberately leave out about 3-5 percent,

assumed to be the exceptions such as the elderly, infants, cancer,

HIV and other immune suppressed individuals. But there are about

25,000,000 of these. That nearly 8 percent of the population of this

country. Last I checked, 8 percent is a lot more than the 3-5 percent

that are left unprotected. Something is wrong with our " public

health " assumptions.

Most of us assume that those 25,000,000 people are in special care

facilities. But a speaker at the 2003 ACGIH conference in Orlando

estimated that 60 percent of them are at home.

Recent studies cited on this group show that 52 percent of the

population is allergic. Obviously our public health isn't focusing on

allergies.

So maybe asthma is a public health concern with numbers at least

above the 3-5 percent. A study cited today from CDC said 1 in 6

school children have asthma. 1 in six is 17 percent.

Something is wrong with our public health assumptions.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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> Molds are fungi that are found virtually everywhere, indoors and

> outdoors. Mold can cause or worsen certain illnesses (e.g., some

> allergic and occupation-related diseases and infections in health care

> settings). No conclusive evidence exists, however, to associate mold

> exposure with a multitude of other health problems, such as pulmonary

> hemorrhage or memory loss. The Centers for Disease Control and

> Prevention conducts and supports activities to investigate the effect

> of mold on human health, to assist states in responding to concerns

> about mold, and to investigate concerns of employees and employers.

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