RE : Re: osha on mold and mycotoxins

[Guest guest]

This is a good question for the Tools for Schools conference. OSHA has lost its

way. They are administrative agencies which are subject to the people that give

them their jobs. Congressman Joe Moakley, [the late] sent all the files I sent

him to the head of OSHA in DC in 2001. They gave him some double talk about the

agency not having standards for mold. A complete contradiction with the Geneva

Convention 1924 standards for biological warfare.

They think people are stupid. OSHA will give you the line that they cannot

interfere under sovereign immunity - or the 'King can do no wrong'...a legal

principle whereby

the feds don't slam a city or state. But, SOME Workers Comp programs have a

provision whereby if the entity is a self-insurer, which means that they

underwrite the policies, then the entity must conform to OSHA standards. This

is enforced in high-profile construction job accidents when the cameras are

cranking.

Kids have no voice. Teachers who speak for them should never be abused. I like

to think that there is a special place in hell for people who abuse those made

sick in the workplace. [it does get me by.]

Who needs an agency that does not do what the legislative intent prescribed?

I had no immuno defect. It sounds like a similar situation, except that you

don't know you are in a boat with faceless others unless you do some digging.

And become an activist. I always remind agencies at public hearings for whom

they work. Of course, it does not endear me to them, but, if my life is

shortened by this poison, I will have no regrets in the way I used my life.

Not legal advice.***

salzberglver3 <salzberglver3@...> a écrit :

This publication states to report mold problems to administrator...Did

that...then report the problem to OSHA...did that one. My OSHA

inspector promised testing, investigation for years only to say at the

end that the visible mold was NOT tested because he couldn't get

access from the school to the locked up moldy skylights. He stated he

couldn't test the falling ceiling tiles, couldn't disturb property,

didn't have a moisture meter, etc. Bottomline...he told me, " I'm

sorry, but it's all political. " That should be published here as well!

The maintenance reports subpoenaed by the court told a different

story. Can't OSHA be held liable for the lack of protecting the

worker? That IS their job right?

I'm really getting tired of publications like this saying that

mold/mycotoxins can be a problem for people with underlying illness

like AIDS, recent surgery, etc. I didn't have immunosuppression prior

to my exposures. Anyone else? Doesn't mycotoxin exposure CAUSE

immunosuppression? I was not disabled prior to going out on WC.

Another thing this publication states is that mycotoxins don't usually

present problems in the concentrations seen in residential and

commercial buildings. WHAT??? I thought we don't have a standard in

the U.S. for HOW MUCH mold/mycotoxin exposure is harmful. The level of

mycotoxins in my building did cause my disability. The concentration

DID present disabling factors for me. How about for others???

Maybe we should edit their next publication for them.

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