Is that Mold under there?

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The person who responded to this really caught my eye. I guess the

EPA does monitor websites... hmmmm

Is that Mold under there?

Posted on Feb 5, 2008 by POLITZ | 1 Comment

Vegas Eye - Las Vegas,NV*

http://thevegaseye.com/home/2008/2/6/is-that-mold-under-there.html

When doing a recent search for homes on Craigslist.com a reader of

TheVegasEye.com pointed out the below post:

C-2 Loft... " Mold " Sub-Contractor & Builder Doesn't Care

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Reply to: hous-559001778@...

Date: 2008-01-31, 7:03PM PST

Mold in your unit!!!!!!!!!!!! I worked there. call asap!!!! cover-

up, Got a Good Lawyer???????????? I know your unit number and behind

were you can find it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you know any one that lives

there please have them contact IT IS WRONG FOR CONTRACTORS CUTTING

CORNERS ON OUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!

We decided to do a little investigating and here is what we found.

We did not call Cristopher homes directly for any comments. We will

leave that up to you to do.

The cabinet sub-contractor gave us the following statements:

" The cabinet was damaged by water, I was sent there to put a new

panel on the end. I started to take the damaged one off, saw all the

black mold under cabinet and up the wall. I called my boss and told

him about the situation, " he said " the builder won't pay for a new

cabinet " , and after a minute or two of arguing, " he told me to just

put the panel on, as a customer service call and be done with it. "

" Before I closed it up I looked for bleach at least to kill

it, I couldn't find any the cleaning company only had soapy stuff,

for " new construction " clean up, nothing to kill mold with. " the

carpenter continued, " My immediate supervisor when I told him

agreed that " it wasn't the most ethical thing to do. "

According to the carpenter, Nobody bought that unit yet.

However, the mold could keep growing into other units. The

carpenter states that, " it even travels airborne, as far as I'm

concerned the entire building is contaminated. " His reason for

coming forward to TheVegasEye.com is that he wants the people who

live to know. When asked why he decided to reveal this information

his response was simply, " now that I don't work for that cabinet

company any more, I can't loose my job, can I? "

Reader Comments (1)

While contractors should not install water-damaged cabinets,

this " whistle-blower " has missed a few points:

1) Mold spores are everywhere already, that's why leftovers go into

the frig, to slow them down (and they'll still grow, given long

enough). They don't really spread from one unit to another.

2) Molds will always grow whenever there's enough moisture, and they

won't grow when things are dry. So, if this cabinet is dry, molds

are not growing and spreading.

3) You want to remove mold, not kill it! Dead mold can still cause

allergies. Wiping it off was right!

Go to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Web site,

www.epa.gov/mold, for their recommendations.

February 6, 2008 | Henry Slack