Invisible invaders: Mold discoveries and ailments on Texas campuses

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Sunday July 09 07:47 AM EDT

Invisible invaders: Mold discoveries and ailments on Texas campuses prompt a

renewed push for controls, but obstacles remain

By Miles Moffeit, Star-Telegram Staff Writer

As an investigator in the thick of an environmental mystery, Ken McBride

spends his days slogging through dark crawl spaces in school buildings,

lifting grimy carpets and poking through cobwebs above ceilings.

Each case presents the same tricky question: Is something in the air making

children sick?

In a span of a few days, McBride prowls through a Burleson elementary school

where there have been reports of foul air and children with itchy eyes, then

he walks the grounds of a Dallas high school where students smell " something

dead. " Back in Tarrant County, he responds to Grapevine parents who are

concerned that they might have a " sick " elementary school building because

of repeated mold discoveries.

McBride, an industrial hygienist for the Texas Department of Health, handles

indoor air concerns in a whopping 49- county territory. All by himself.

" It's like I'm fighting so many alligators, there's no time to drain the

swamp, " he said.

Full story at Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Sunday July 09 07:47 AM EDT

Invisible invaders: Mold discoveries and ailments on Texas campuses

prompt a

renewed push for controls, but obstacles remain

By Miles Moffeit, Star-Telegram Staff Writer

As an investigator in the thick of an environmental mystery, Ken

McBride

spends his days slogging through dark crawl spaces in school buildings,

lifting grimy carpets and poking through cobwebs above ceilings.

Each case presents the same tricky question: Is something in the

air making

children sick?

In a span of a few days, McBride prowls through a Burleson elementary

school

where there have been reports of foul air and children with itchy

eyes, then

he walks the grounds of a Dallas high school where students smell

"something

dead." Back in Tarrant County, he responds to Grapevine parents

who are

concerned that they might have a "sick" elementary school building

because

of repeated mold discoveries.

McBride, an industrial hygienist for the Texas Department of Health,

handles

indoor air concerns in a whopping 49- county territory. All by

himself.

"It's like I'm fighting so many alligators, there's no time to drain

the

swamp," he said.

Full story at Fort Worth Star-Telegram