Mold Sickens Students at Local School

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Mold Sickens Students at Local School

Aug 9, 2005, 04:32 PM

Lansing,MI

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The Howell School District is working to clean up mold found in 1 of

its elementary schoolsafter some students and adults became sick. A

Livingston education service agency employee say the symptoms are a

headache and respiratory problems, but only a handful of children

and adults have been affected and they say the whole problem started

because of the hot weather.

Rick Terres, Associate Superintendent, Howell: " M other nature has

caused that building basically because of the high humidity and due

points and heat to bring in more humidity in the building then would

typically be. "

The district says it's really just a humidity problem that showed

itself about 3 weeks ago a nd that it impacted some of the 150

special needs children who are there for summer classes more then

others.

Rick Terres: " We've got some medically-fragile kids in there, and

those kids would be particularly impacted if the humidity levels are

really, really high. "

A Livingston Health Department official said over the phone that the

mold attacked the school's heating and cooling system. The school

district says it's not an uncommon problem and that students may be

partly responsible too.

Rick Terres: " They have a tendency to be outdoors splashing water or

rolling in the grass, and we know that mold levels are high in the

state and they can bring it into the building. "

And though we can't show you, there are a number of dehumidifiers

set up inside to tackle the moisture. Howell School District

officials say they will have the problem cleaned up by the time

school starts on Sept 6.

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Yeah blame the kids - this disgusts me.

Angelika

[] Mold Sickens Students at Local School

> Mold Sickens Students at Local School

> Aug 9, 2005, 04:32 PM

> Lansing,MI

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> http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=3701246 & nav=0RbQd8Jq

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> The Howell School District is working to clean up mold found in 1 of

> its elementary schoolsafter some students and adults became sick. A

> Livingston education service agency employee say the symptoms are a

> headache and respiratory problems, but only a handful of children

> and adults have been affected and they say the whole problem started

> because of the hot weather.

>

> Rick Terres, Associate Superintendent, Howell: " M other nature has

> caused that building basically because of the high humidity and due

> points and heat to bring in more humidity in the building then would

> typically be. "

>

> The district says it's really just a humidity problem that showed

> itself about 3 weeks ago a nd that it impacted some of the 150

> special needs children who are there for summer classes more then

> others.

>

> Rick Terres: " We've got some medically-fragile kids in there, and

> those kids would be particularly impacted if the humidity levels are

> really, really high. "

>

> A Livingston Health Department official said over the phone that the

> mold attacked the school's heating and cooling system. The school

> district says it's not an uncommon problem and that students may be

> partly responsible too.

>

> Rick Terres: " They have a tendency to be outdoors splashing water or

> rolling in the grass, and we know that mold levels are high in the

> state and they can bring it into the building. "

>

> And though we can't show you, there are a number of dehumidifiers

> set up inside to tackle the moisture. Howell School District

> officials say they will have the problem cleaned up by the time

> school starts on Sept 6.

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