Re: New research in management and prevention a AAAAI Annual ...

February 24, 2007

In a message dated 2/24/2007 6:33:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

tigerpaw2c@... writes:

Results showed that 54% of moldy wall surfaces contained HDM,

compared to 6% of walls without mold. This shows that HDM avoidance

programs should include elimination of moldy surfaces in the home.

Now let me get this straight. The reason that mold should be removed...is

because dust mites cause allergies? Ummmmmm? How bout those toxins that will

make one far sicker than any dust mite? And bout those non IgE mediated

illnesses that can't be explained away as allergies to dust mites? Do dust

mites

cause one's nose to bleed or cause cognitive difficulity?..Or systemic

fungal infections? Surely I am just missing something.

Did you know that houses didn't have dust mites in the US until the 70's?

Did you know that dust mite allergies were originally studied with grants from

the Center for Indoor Air Research, which was a front group for Big Tobacco?

Did you know the President of AAAAI, Platts-Mills, received $590,000 to

study dust mite allergies from the Center for Indoor Air Research? Harriet

Burge received money from them to study this, also from CIAR. Seems Big

Tobacco

was willing to fund this in an effort to find other causes of illnesses

besides second hand smoke. Guess the same premise would work to find other

causes

of illness besides mold/toxins.

So let me get this straight, when mold is present, we should be concerned

about allergies from dust mites? Is that what they are saying? God, it is so

transparent I am almost embarrassed for them.

Sharon

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