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Is mold in a school making students sick?

Parents think so, but the district says the school is safe.

By WINK News,Fort Myers,FL*

Mar 17, 2008

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SOUTHWEST, Fla -- Parent Vivian Theriault says her daughter suffered

for months with a bad cold and cough.

After visits to the doctor and still no cure, an allergist tested

her for mold and it came back positive.

Theriault and other parents believe the mold is coming from their

children's classroom at Gulf Elementary School in Cape Coral.

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I couldn't believe my eyes!!! About time someone said what the symptoms are!!

siad nothing about being immune comprimised.....

tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote: Is mold in

a school making students sick?

Parents think so, but the district says the school is safe.

By WINK News,Fort Myers,FL*

Mar 17, 2008

http://www.winknews.com/news/local/16762381.html

SOUTHWEST, Fla -- Parent Vivian Theriault says her daughter suffered

for months with a bad cold and cough.

After visits to the doctor and still no cure, an allergist tested

her for mold and it came back positive.

Theriault and other parents believe the mold is coming from their

children's classroom at Gulf Elementary School in Cape Coral.

Wink News obtained test results completed last fall from American

Management Resources Corporation, a company hired by the Lee County

School District.

AMR found suspect microbial growth, or mold, was observed underneath

furniture in a few classrooms.

The district requested further testing and those results were

similar to the last report, mold was discovered, however, it was not

significant and mold inside any building is to be expected.

" The results inside the classroom is either at or better than the

levels outside the classroom and you cannot ask for anything more

than that, " said district spokesman Joe Donzelli.

But the report details high levels of aspergillis mold present in

two classrooms.

Experts say exposure to this mold does not normally cause illness,

but those with asthma could suffer symptoms.

Another classroom contained miscellaneous spores.

Teachers also did their own swab testing using a at home kit and

sent it off to an accredited lab.

Their results were drastically different.

Pro-lab analysts came back with several other types of mold present

in all three classrooms tested.

The district refused to comment on the other test results.

" I didn't see it and I'm not going to comment on something that I

can't confirm or deny and ... Have not looked at, " said Donzelli.

WINK News also found that back in 2002, AMR tested the air at Gulf

Elementary and concluded corrective measures needed to be taken.

The district says they took those measures.

:I don't think there is anybody (who can) sit here and tell you

there isn't cleaning going on in that school, " said Donzelli.

However, six years later mold is still in the school and parents

believe its making their children sick.

The following is a list of symptoms present when exposed to mold:

- Bleeding/Irritated sinuses

- Breathing problems

- Coughing/Bronchitis/Pneumonia

- Health improves at home

- Often sick/long recoveries

- Recent on-set/worsened asthma

- Ski rashes/flushing

- Sore throats

- Sudden allergies

- Weakness/sore muscles

- Concentration/memory problems

- Confused/ Brain Fog

- Depression

- Fatigue/ Extremely tired

- Hair Loss

- Headaches

- Learning problems/ ADD/ ADHD

- Trouble sleeping

- Vision/ hearing problems

- Stomach cramps

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> Any teachers or anyone in the group willing to make a response to this

> story. They need to be informed of the dangers!!

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I responded. I'm so sick of the inside vs. outside mold levels bogus

argument!