Update - Ingraham Hall mold controlled, university health officials say

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Ingraham Hall mold controlled, university health officials say

Daily Cardinal - Madison,WI,

By: Jen McMahon

http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/907

The mold situation in Ingraham Hall erlocated some university

employees.

The series of meetings held in response to the mold outbreak in

Ingraham Hall ended Thursday as university health officials declared

the mold problem resolved.

Burdick of UW-Madison's Environment, Health and Saftey

department said the mold issue at Ingraham Hall was under control on

Thursday. The mold forced some employees in the building to relocate

for nearly a month while the building underwent cleaning.

, a member of the environmental health department, said

mold sample test results taken from all the reported infested rooms

show indoor samples were at or lower than outdoor samples, and

therefore do not have a quality issue.

said the health department remediated the problem with the

exception of a few rooms waiting on results and a few new rooms

requesting sampling.

While one employee still complained of various smells in rooms,

Burdick said the smells were most likely not related to the mold

situation.

" If there are odor issues or carpet issues we want to know about

those, but we will deal with them separately outside of this, " he

said. " The mold issue, for this season, can be put to bed. "

In addition to the mold, the meeting addressed water safety issues

in the building.

said he took water samples from every water fountain in

Ingraham Hall, testing for bacteria, but nothing showed up in the

test results.

A drinking fountain on the third floor is still awaiting test

results from the State Hygiene Lab for folic organic compounds and

chemicals.

said he took this particular sample because the fountain is

the farthest away from the building's water pipes, and if folic

organic compounds or chemicals are found in this fountain, they are

likely to be in others. He called this " the worst case

scenario. " " As bigger things come to us, like this water sampling

business, we will be sure to advertise that out, " Burdick said. " If

there is a problem there we will have to call maintenance and figure

out what the problem is. " said the final water sample

results should be back in a few weeks.