Re: I Don't Feel Well Going To Work

[Guest guest]

This building would be a perfect model for a study...And I Nominate

the CDC, WHO, ACOEM, ACTM and any other entity that denies our

illness. I propose, they all adopt this building as their workplace,

for ....lets say 2 years only, and with limited sick days off, have

them keep returning to work, all the while saying " I Don't Feel Well

Going To Work " and have their health issues " labled " as not MOLD

related. Since MOLD cannot make you sick. This is a Federal Building

and I am calling for a Federal Study! Let them use themselves to

prove what they say! I give my permission for my Federal Tax Dollars

to be used for this Study!!

--- In , " tigerpaw2c " <tigerpaw2c@...>

wrote:

>

> " I Don't Feel Well Going To Work "

> MIAMI (CBS4) ¯Miami,FL*

>

> http://cbs4.com/local/Miami.courthouse.federal.2.653032.html

>

> All is not well with Miami's downtown federal courthouse complex.

In

> fact, one of the buildings itself may be sick.

>

> A brand new 14-story federal courthouse in downtown Miami is

> surrounded by a chain-link fence, still unoccupied three years

after

> the date it was supposed to open. Cost to U.S. taxpayers: $163

> million so far, way beyond the original $100 million budget.

>

>

> Across the street is the historic limestone courthouse first opened

> in 1933, and there are reports of possibly hazardous mold in the

> building, raising questions whether the fungus caused or

contributed

> to a magistrate judge's unexpected death in September 2006 from a

> respiratory illness.

>

> The judge's children also may file a wrongful death lawsuit,

> depending on the results of a new expert analysis of the mold's

> health risks.

>

> The mold is " a huge, huge problem, " attorney Alan Goldfarb told the

> Associated Press. His law firm is representing the children of late

> Magistrate Judge Theodore Klein, 66, who had been in good health,

an

> avid skier and jogger.

>

> Miami's federal court has long been one of the nation's busiest.

>

> Its recent high-profile criminal cases include the trial of al-

Qaida

> operative Padilla and the fraud conviction of once-powerful

> Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Drug kingpins, money launderers,

> Latin American dictators like Panama's Noriega and corrupt

> politicians have been on the dockets over the years.

>

> The heavy caseload led Congress in 1998 to approve construction of

> the new courthouse, built to resemble a ship gliding among a series

> of grassy hills that look like waves. The lawn waves' sculptor was

> Maya Lin, known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in

> Washington.

>

> Delays has plagued the project, known formally as the Willkie D.

> Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse, including major electrical problems,

> water damage from hurricanes and a dispute between the building's

> owner, the General Services Administration, and its main

> contractor.

>

> The Miami federal court clerk, Steve Larimore, said in an interview

> that some courtrooms still don't have viable sound and video

> capabilities necessary for trials and hearings.

>

> So a state-of-the-art building originally scheduled to open in 2005

> remains unused. Larimore and GSA officials say the new target is

for

> full occupancy in gradual steps by the end of this year.

>

> The inability to open the new courthouse effectively means more

> people have had to work longer in the old courthouse, a Spanish-

> Mediterranean Revival structure built from Florida Keys stone that

> is officially named the W. Dyer building.

>

> Goldfarb and fellow attorneys Liah Catanese and Leto along

> with a team of environmental experts spent three days in early

> February checking for mold throughout the Dyer building.

>

> The experts wore masks and protection suits and occasionally asked

> the attorneys to leave because of concerns about the mold they

> encountered. Mold has been linked to asthma, allergies,

respiratory,

> skin and eye problems and lung infections, according to the Centers

> for Disease Control and Prevention.

>

> Mold, mold spores, water damage and peeling paint are apparent on

> all three floors and the basement of the building, including the

> area once occupied by Klein, according to their preliminary

> findings. It will take another two or three weeks for the analysis

> to determine the type of mold and whether is it hazardous to human

> health.

>

> Previous studies conducted on the Dyer building have also found

> elevated levels of mold in some places, resulting in the gutting of

> certain rooms, changes to air conditioning and filtration systems

> and other work. One study, commissioned in 2006 after Klein became

> ill, suggested that his sickness " could be attributed to exposure

to

> molds. "

>

> Several court employees have complained about allergies, nosebleeds

> and other health problems, but none would comment to The AP on the

> record. One longtime employee who would speak only on condition of

> anonymity because he is not authorized to talk about the issue said

> many people are " terrified " about the mold problem and upset that

> the building is in such poor condition.

>