RE : Mould is health, not political issue - or the Emperor's New Clothes

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Mold is certainly a political issue...anything that removes regulation of a

toxic substance

is denial. It is the structure of laws which, in 1924 banned biological

warfare at the Geneva Convention. I find it particularly offensive that this

opinion is ventured from someone in the field of education. I am a retired

teacher, who now has a law degree because of the attitude that

" mold doesn't make you sick. " I was the first teacher in the congressional

office of Conyers Jr., from Detroit, right over the bridge from Canada.

Canada proved a good resource for me as it offered in plain English, the

schematic of the level 2 biohazard that aspergillus fumigatus is.

Aspergillus not only disabled me, but 14 teachers in my former school in

South Boston, Mass.

the Oliver Hazard who have or are dead from breast cancer.

Unfortunately school officials serve at the pleasure of the school system and

are subject to manipulation by the adminstration. It was a real wake up call

that there really is no academic freedom and that translates to totalitarianism

and censorship that the U.S. has gone to war over. The nexus or link to

sickness and mold is recorded in the Old Testament in the book of Leviticus. It

makes me wonder how teachers are treated in such a system.

On a trip to France, I sat next to a doctor who was en route to Toronto

(Canada) to deliver a lecture. She queried me (en français) about why a

teacher would be in law school. I told her I had aspergillosis from my school.

Her immediate response was that in France, when a building is mold-infested, it

is condemmed, evacuated and razed. The reason was that they KNOW it causes

cancer. They accept it without a public fight.

This mold issue is so intimately tied to biological and chemical warfare and

government benefits for Gulf War veterans and those in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The mold elements are the same as those on the farm, those in the bombs and

those in the classrooms. It is ridiculous to suggest otherwise. If the link is

acknowledged, the respective governments will have to pay up. Building 18 at

Walter Hospital was a smack at the administration.

My credentials acquired as a result of my harrassment as a

teacher-whistleblower were certainly not the path I embarked upon as a young

teacher. 30 years in the classroom and most of the last 8 in bed, with a litany

of illnesses allow me to counter such an ill-informed or scripted opinion.

Thank God, we have such a website for rebutting such a dangerous position. God

help the teachers, staff and children in those schools over which she has

authority, because in my opinion, it is a classic case of power abuse. Mold,

indeed is political because its regulation will be directed at the hands of our

elected officials. Otherwise I might suggest that she re-read the fairy tale -

The Emperor's New Clothes.

tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> a écrit :

Mould is health, not political issue

Editorial - Wednesday, April 18, 2007 @ 16:00

Sarnia Observer - Sarnia,ON,Canada

http://www.theobserver.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?

contentid=491961 & catname=Editorial & classif=

Sir: In the April 11, 2007, edition of The Observer, Gayle Stucke,

director of education for the Lambton Kent District School Board,

was quoted as saying, " Mould doesn't make you sick. "

Has Ms. Stucke done her homework? It certainly doesn't appear so.

I think perhaps she could benefit from some " mould education. "

Stachybotrys is also known as " black mould. " In many cases, you

don't see it. It hides behind walls, below floor tiles, above

ceiling tiles, around pipes and in areas that are exposed to

excessive humidity and moisture. Black mould grows quickly after

only a few days' exposure to moisture.

Stachybotrys is not something that will simply go away if you ignore

it. Continued exposure to black mould results in many adverse

physical symptoms, including headaches, respiratory irritation, flu-

like symptoms and even difficulty breathing. These symptoms are made

worse if the person is also allergic to mould.

For years, farmers complained of respiratory difficulties. Studies

concluded that these symptoms were caused by excessive and continued

exposure to the mould that grows in hay. (FYI: black mould also

grows in hay.)

" Farmer's lung " is just one of the illnesses caused by exposure to

mould. Another illness is " sick building syndrome. " SBS describes

situations where building occupants experience health problems that

appear to be linked to the time spent in the building, but no one

specific illness can be readily identified. The symptoms are real,

they aren't figments of the patients' imaginations.

Symptoms of SBS may include rhinitis, nasal congestion, nose bleeds,

pharyngitis, cough, wheezing, worsening of asthma, shortness of

breath, conjunctival irritation (pink eye), headaches, dizziness,

lethargy, fatigue, malaise, nausea, vomiting, cognitive impairment,

personality change, rashes, fever, chills, tachycardia (rapid

heartbeat), retinal hemorrhage, myalgia and hearing loss. Finally,

excessive exposure to black mould has also been linked to pediatric

pulmonary hemorrhaging.

These symptoms are very real and the people who are experiencing any

or all of these after being exposed to black mould in our schools

are sick. They aren't, as Ms. Stucke said, " looking for problems. "

This isn't a political issue, it's a health issue, and I ask Ms.

Stucke to treat it as such. Surely she wants her staff and students

to be healthy.

Class dismissed.

Sarnia

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