Re: State toxic mold task force established

[Guest guest]

It's about time. However, I doubt that it will be enforced or

investigated because they've known about it for at least 10 years. I

was one who wrote to Spitzer (without receiving a response). I was

just directed to another agency, and another, and another....

Let's see if they finally clean up Tech City and United HealthCare.

Barth

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t> State toxic mold task force established

t> EmpireStateNews.net - Newburgh,New York*

t> http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20071127-4.html

t> Albany -- State Senator Liz Krueger Monday applauded Governor

t> Spitzer for enacting the New York State Toxic Mold Task Force, an

t> initiative signed into law by former Governor Pataki, but was never

t> activated.

t> " This summer, I sponsored a sign-on letter to the Governor asking

t> him to act to create this Task Force to ensure that this law was

t> worth more than the paper it was written on, " Krueger said. " Year

t> after year, no matter what was happening to New Yorkers' housing and

t> health, individual efforts to fight toxic mold were ignored. The

t> problems of mold and its associated health effects are serious, and

t> we hear regularly from constituents who don't know where else to

t> turn as their home literally poisons their family. "

t> Mold can pose a significant challenge to maintaining safe and

t> healthy indoor health environments. Toxic mold can cause allergies,

t> trigger asthma attacks, detrimentally affect the function of vital

t> human organs, and increase susceptibility to colds and flu. Certain

t> types of mold have been identified as a major trigger of asthma,

t> allergies and other respiratory problems, especially in children,

t> the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems. These toxins

t> can also have deleterious effects on humans when ingested, inhaled

t> or when they come in contact with skin.

t> " Doing nothing is dangerous. Mold is one's house is like anything in

t> nature—it will continue to grow and spread as long as nothing is

t> done. Mold also does a great deal of harm to buildings and

t> structures, placing far too many New Yorkers needlessly at risk, "

t> Krueger said.

[Guest guest]

In some other states, these 'task forces' have been skewed to reflect

industry 'stakeholders' views, rather than real public health

interest.

For example, in California, a law came out of a similar process that I

feel has a huge number of problems with it.

Its been in a state of limbo, though, for various reasons.

IMO, often these processes *if not based on EXPERIENCES and the right

base of knowledge*, serve to falsely 'legitimize' the

delaying of real change, not facilitate it.

On Nov 28, 2007 6:15 AM, Patilla DaHun <glypella@...> wrote:

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> It's about time. However, I doubt that it will be enforced or

> investigated because they've known about it for at least 10 years. I

> was one who wrote to Spitzer (without receiving a response). I was

> just directed to another agency, and another, and another....

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> Let's see if they finally clean up Tech City and United HealthCare.

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> Barth

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> www.presenting.net/sbs/sbs.html

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> SUBMIT YOUR DOCTOR: www.presenting.net/sbs/molddoctors.html

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> t> State toxic mold task force established

> t> EmpireStateNews.net - Newburgh,New York*

>

> t> http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20071127-4.html

>

> t> Albany -- State Senator Liz Krueger Monday applauded Governor

> t> Spitzer for enacting the New York State Toxic Mold Task Force, an

> t> initiative signed into law by former Governor Pataki, but was never

> t> activated.

>

> t> " This summer, I sponsored a sign-on letter to the Governor asking

> t> him to act to create this Task Force to ensure that this law was

> t> worth more than the paper it was written on, " Krueger said. " Year

> t> after year, no matter what was happening to New Yorkers' housing and

> t> health, individual efforts to fight toxic mold were ignored. The

> t> problems of mold and its associated health effects are serious, and

> t> we hear regularly from constituents who don't know where else to

> t> turn as their home literally poisons their family. "

>

> t> Mold can pose a significant challenge to maintaining safe and

> t> healthy indoor health environments. Toxic mold can cause allergies,

> t> trigger asthma attacks, detrimentally affect the function of vital

> t> human organs, and increase susceptibility to colds and flu. Certain

> t> types of mold have been identified as a major trigger of asthma,

> t> allergies and other respiratory problems, especially in children,

> t> the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems. These toxins

> t> can also have deleterious effects on humans when ingested, inhaled

> t> or when they come in contact with skin.

>

> t> " Doing nothing is dangerous. Mold is one's house is like anything in

> t> nature—it will continue to grow and spread as long as nothing is

> t> done. Mold also does a great deal of harm to buildings and

> t> structures, placing far too many New Yorkers needlessly at risk, "

> t> Krueger said.

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