Re: Made apt for Aug. - Until then...partial report of mold i...

[Guest guest]

Angie,

Unless your guy has a chrystal ball, he can't make the following statement:

" The type and quantity of mold spore count found within the air and upon

surfaces of the

apartment does not indicate a health threat. "

Because also, within the same report, it states:

" Note: There are no federal or governmental agencies that provide

limits or " safe levels " for mold exposure. This is due to the fact

that all individuals have different immune systems that can tolerate

exposure to molds and other allergens are different "

You are lucky you are a tenant who was able to get out. Until you are able

to get to the doctor, there are homeopathic measures you can take to help

improve your health, such as lots of fresh air, plenty of water, mold free diet,

foods with antifungal properties such as garlic, and many other things people

on this board use to get better. Not every home remedy works for every

person, so it can be a trial and error situation.

But, I don't think anyone denies fresh air, water and a mold free diet is a

must.

Sharon

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[Guest guest]

Sharon,

Thanks for the support and esp for backing how I felt about the

statement the inspector made. ly, I feel it was a fraudlent

statement. I don't think there was any call for him to make such

statements in light of the other disclaimers in the report, except

for him to intentionally mislead anyone reading and to potentially

make it easy for him to slip out of coming to court and backing me

in a case against my former landlord. I paid for him to report on

the condition of the apartment and did not complain to him about any

health problems at the time but I think that when I accidentally

said something to him about the child on the other side of the wall

having asthma, he decided to intentionally mishandle my report to

keep himself out of court - for me or the kid next door.

The main reason I hired the guy was to get him to document the

condition of the apartment and where he found mold as well as the

condition of the furnace vents. He agreed to all of this on the

phone prior to coming out to my apartment and even agreed to do so

once he was in the apartment. He gave me a contract when he arrived

that stated that he would do a visual inspection and that he would

not report on things that he could not see. Interestingly, he did

just the opposite and failed to record any of the areas where he saw

or smelled mold but recorded that I had a picture of a leaky pipe in

the crawl space which he believed contributed to the mold.

Something he could not see. My attorney's wouldn't use it in court

to try to get back my rent because he put the proof of the

origination of the mold on pictures I had taken, not on anything he

observed.

In regards to his mold spore scale staying the same year round...my

problem with it is that if the guy had done a spore count there in

the summer when the spore count is the highest, there would have

naturally been more spores present and I would have had a higher

rating. When the weather cools, the spore count naturally gets

lower. If you don't adjust the scale to match the season, then

there is no way it can approach being anything accurate. He

admitted that he used the same scale year round.

Overall, it just goes to show you, there are con artist everywhere...

Okay, so on to how to help myself fight this moldy beast in my

lungs...I'm basically mold free now. The apartment I am in now is

free of mold but I think some of my books picked up the stuff

because some of them are musty. ly, I have a lot of books (3

bookshelves worth) and I am reluctant to put my nose next to all of

them and smell so I can check for mold because I don't want to do

anymore damage and breathe in anymore spores than I already have.

So, I'm almost there. I also drink a lot of water but then, doesn't

mold prefer a moist environment? Completely unavoidable since we

are mostly made of water. Of course, I do own a dehydrator but I'm

a little big to fit in it since it's made for sliced fruits. Thus,

the cure evades me. Oh, but then there's garlic. Sigh. Could

you have picked anything stinkier that I like less? Impossible. As

for avoiding eating molds, I'm assuming you mean mushrooms and

cheese? I can give up the mushrooms easily but cheese? Do I really

need to??? If I do, I will. Sigh. sigh. The sacrifices we make

for our health.

Angie

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> Angie,

>

> Unless your guy has a chrystal ball, he can't make the following

statement:

>

> " The type and quantity of mold spore count found within the air

and upon

> surfaces of the

> apartment does not indicate a health threat. "

> Because also, within the same report, it states:

>

> " Note: There are no federal or governmental agencies that provide

> limits or " safe levels " for mold exposure. This is due to the

fact

> that all individuals have different immune systems that can

tolerate

> exposure to molds and other allergens are different "

> You are lucky you are a tenant who was able to get out. Until you

are able

> to get to the doctor, there are homeopathic measures you can take

to help

> improve your health, such as lots of fresh air, plenty of water,

mold free diet,

> foods with antifungal properties such as garlic, and many other

things people

> on this board use to get better. Not every home remedy works for

every

> person, so it can be a trial and error situation.

>

> But, I don't think anyone denies fresh air, water and a mold free

diet is a

> must.

>

> Sharon

>

>

>

> ************************************** See what's free at

http://www.aol.com.

>

>

>