Re: Medical Edge -- Mold has unknown health effects

[Guest guest]

Hi KC,

This of course angers me!... While I'm sitting here currently

suffering! I have never really cared to much about the views

expressed by the Mayo Clinic. They down play everything!

Dana

--- In , " tigerpaw2c " <tigerpaw2c@...>

wrote:

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> Medical Edge -- Mold has unknown health effects

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> Tribune Media Services

> Post-Bulletin - Rochester,MN

>

> FROM MAYO CLINIC

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http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp

> ?a=294661 & z=10

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> DEAR MAYO CLINIC: How can it be determined if you are being

affected

> by black mold?

>

> Mold is everywhere, in the air and on surfaces -- and has been for

> millions of years. The term mold is often used generically, but

> people are routinely exposed to about 200 types of mold. Black

mold

> (stachybotrys chartarum) is one type that grows on fiber board,

> gypsum board and other surfaces when there's water damage or

excess

> humidity in a building.

>

> In recent years, mold has been blamed for various ill health

> effects, from asthma to cancer. While living in a damp home with

> large areas of obvious, visible mold isn't good for you, there's

> little research so far that indicates what particular molds might

> cause ill health effects or at what threshold molds cause illness.

>

> In 2004, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of

> Sciences

[Guest guest]

grrr, no comment. just check out their beautiful moldy waterfalls and

put 2 and 2 together.

>

> Medical Edge -- Mold has unknown health effects

>

> Tribune Media Services

> Post-Bulletin - Rochester,MN

>

> FROM MAYO CLINIC

>

http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp

> ?a=294661 & z=10

>

> DEAR MAYO CLINIC: How can it be determined if you are being

affected

> by black mold?

>

> Mold is everywhere, in the air and on surfaces -- and has been for

> millions of years. The term mold is often used generically, but

> people are routinely exposed to about 200 types of mold. Black mold

> (stachybotrys chartarum) is one type that grows on fiber board,

> gypsum board and other surfaces when there's water damage or excess

> humidity in a building.

>

> In recent years, mold has been blamed for various ill health

> effects, from asthma to cancer. While living in a damp home with

> large areas of obvious, visible mold isn't good for you, there's

> little research so far that indicates what particular molds might

> cause ill health effects or at what threshold molds cause illness.

>

> In 2004, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of

> Sciences released a book-sized review of current research called

> Damp Indoor Spaces and Health. (An executive summary is available

> free at http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id11011.)

>

> This report found:

>

> There's evidence of an association between mold and upper

> respiratory symptoms such as a stuffy nose. Mold can worsen asthma

> symptoms. It appears that people with a compromised immune system

> are more susceptible to these ill health effects from mold. Some

> people are allergic to mold, causing allergy symptoms.

>

> There's limited evidence of an association between mold and lower

> respiratory illness such as cough or bloody sputum in otherwise

> healthy children.

>

> There's not enough evidence to determine whether there's an

> association between mold and other illnesses including shortness of

> breath, lower respiratory illnesses in otherwise healthy adults,

> skin symptoms, development of asthma, fatigue, cancer, reproductive

> effects, rheumatologic and other immune diseases, airflow

> obstruction in otherwise healthy adults, gastrointestinal problems

> or several other health conditions.

>

> If you do have excess moisture or visible mold in your home, it's

> prudent to clean it up and make changes to avoid mold growth. It

> doesn't matter if it's black mold or other types. There's no clear

> evidence so far that stachybotrys chartarum poses any more or less

> health risks than other molds. -- Dr. Li, Allergic Diseases,

> Mayo Clinic, Rochester.

>

[Guest guest]

Dana, you're right.

Here are some authoritative scientists responding to that kind of

misinformation. Scroll down to find them:

http://www.jacionline.org/issues/contents?issue_key=TOC@@JOURNALS@YJACI@0118@000\

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On 5/20/07, gsgrl2000 <gsgrl2000@...> wrote:

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> Hi KC,

>

> This of course angers me!... While I'm sitting here currently

> suffering! I have never really cared to much about the views

> expressed by the Mayo Clinic. They down play everything!

>

> Dana

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