The tides are starting to change

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It seems to me that it would be organizationally responsible and

medically sound for ACOEM to convene a meeting of physicians who

actually treat patients with " mold exposure " to develop a " clinical

guidance " .

The lawyers and retained experts will be fighting this as long as

they've fought tobacco and asbestos in brake shoes, but it seems to

me that as there indeed are people who get sick from indoor air, a

practioner-directed document, as opposed to a court-directed

document, could help a lot of people.

I'd start by suggesting that Tee consider assembling an ad hoc

group, and the first requirement be that phsyicans had treated at

least 10 patients per year for the last 3 years who had mold

exposure. Retained expert witnessing doesn't count.

The group would attempt to assemble realistic guidance for

clinicians and patients.

Any support?

R. Harbut, MD, MPH, FCCP

Chief, Center for Occ/Env Medicine, Royal Oak, Mi

Co-Director, Nat'l Center for Vermicullie/Asbestos Cancers, Karmanos

Cancer Institute,

Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi