Update - Courthouse free of elevated mold levels

[Guest guest]

Report: Courthouse free of elevated mold levels

Point Pleasant Register, NJ*

By Fields

Published:

Saturday, January 12, 2008

http://www.mydailyregister.com/articles/2008/01/12/news/news03.txt

POINT PLEASANT - In need of some fresh air? Then step inside the

Mason County Courthouse.

In a report presented to commissioners Thursday, A. Gerwig,

environmental technician with Astar Abatement Inc., cleared the

courthouse of any mold infestations.

Gerwig performed the mold sampling in late November at the county's

request in various parts of the courthouse, including the entrance

to the county clerk's main office, the main hallway on the second

floor, the records storage vault on the first floor and the

prosecuting attorney's front office on the fourth floor.

He added that the samples taken inside the courthouse contained

acceptable levels of various types of mold spores, fibrous

particulate, pollen and plant fragments.

" There were no fungi identified inside that was not identified in

the sample taken outside of the structure. In fact, the outside

sample is two to six times higher than the indoor air samples, "

Gerwig said in the report. " Based upon the samples taken during the

round of testing, the structure does not have a mold infestation,

and the amounts found are typical. "

Gerwig added that there currently are no federal guidelines

establishing acceptable levels of mold in government facilities.

Industry standards indicate that the levels of mold spores inside

should be similar to levels found outside, and the samples found

inside the courthouse were sufficiently lower than the levels found

outside.