Third Plantation child tests positive for toxic exposure

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Third Plantation child tests positive for toxic exposure

Parent warns of long-term danger to health

The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, LA

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A third child that attended Plantation Elementary School has tested

positive for exposure to a toxin produced by the type of mold found

in the school's band room recently.

Higginbotham said Thursday morning that her daughter, who has

been attending Ernest Gallet since April 4 because of her symptoms

of mold exposure, tested positive for exposure to trichothecene

Thursday.

Higginbotham's daughter attended Plantation Elementary School for

the gifted and talented program, but is zoned for Ernest Gallet.

Higginbotham said she does not know where she would take her child

if they were zoned for Plantation Elementary.

Higginbotham said her concern is that exposure to this type of toxin

causes symptoms that do not go away for years, can cause long-

lasting damage and break-down the immune system.

Another Plantation parent also reported this morning that her child

tested positive for trichothecene.