Mold Takes Over Woman's Home, Poses Health Risks

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" Mold Takes Over Woman's Home, Poses Health Risks "

Household mold can make you sick, it can destroy a pending real

estate transaction and it can end up in expensive litigation in

court.

One Nashville woman said mold has made her family sick .

Everyday, lives in fear.

She is afraid to breathe the air in her on rental home, afraid of

getting sicker and is afraid her daughter will grow ill when she

visits.

, 43, said fungal spores saturate her duplex and it has been

that way for almost four years.

Her doctor said her home is threatening her health.

Because the mold is...

....so bad in her duplex, the Metro Health Department investigated.

Investigator Reyes ordered the home owner to repair a leak in

the air conditioner that Reyes said appears to be the source of the

problem.

She said mold affects more Tennesseans than you might realize.

According to investigators, Tennessee has no laws governing mold,

which is why the health department can only focus on eliminating

potential moisture sources that cause the growth.

is moving out of the apartment after she said her landlord

has evicted her.

Her landlord spoke with News 2.

He said has every right to evict her. Hesaid didn't have a

lease, and to remediate the problem, he needs the property vacated.

The Metro Health Department encourages you to report problems

involving mold to them.

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