Newbie: please help us with your advice

[Guest guest]

Hello:

My daughter (7) and I both are chemically injured. The women's restroom

at our local " community-based " food co-op has had an odor of mold, on

and off, for the past year and a half which seems to originate in the

sinks there or in the wall behind them. This odor is intolerable to

both of us and we cannot use this restroom.

I have brought this to the attention of the manager and board of the co-

op, asking them to 1) bring in a mold dog to identify the source and 2)

remediate so there is no more mold growing in the restroom. They have

refused to bring in a mold profesional and instead brought in a plumber

who they claimed " fixed " the problem; they also claimed to have talked

with a mold specialist who " advised them by phone " about the situation.

In the mean time, we have been told that if we need to use the

restroom, we should go to the back of the store and " use the employees

restroom. "

I have tried to be amicable about resolving this sitation but it is

clear to me that the manager and the board are not remotely interested

in resolving this.

What do you suggest I do next? Also, do you think the co-op

is violating the ADA in not accomodating us and sending us to the other

restroom? (After all, if we were in wheelchairs and they made this

restroom inaccessible to our chairs, everyone would be up in arms, but

because my daughter and I dance with an " invisible " disability, we are

being treated terribly).

I absolutely have to shop at this place for organic food, at the advice

of my child's EI specialist.

Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Clair and daughter Sofia

[Guest guest]

It's hard to say what can be done except not shop there. If no other

customers are complaining about the smell or illness then they most

likely won't do anything about the problem. Wish this could be more

positive. Maybe someone else knows something else that can be done to

help you.

Good luck,

Dana

--- In , " fiasfolks " <Ijamsville97@...>

wrote:

>

>

> Hello:

>

> My daughter (7) and I both are chemically injured. The women's

restroom

> at our local " community-based " food co-op has had an odor of mold,

on

> and off, for the past year and a half which seems to originate in

the

> sinks there or in the wall behind them. This odor is intolerable to

> both of us and we cannot use this restroom.

>

> I have brought this to the attention of the manager and board of

the co-

> op, asking them to 1) bring in a mold dog to identify the source

and 2)

> remediate so there is no more mold growing in the restroom. They

have

> refused to bring in a mold profesional and instead brought in a

plumber

> who they claimed " fixed " the problem; they also claimed to have

talked

> with a mold specialist who " advised them by phone " about the

situation.

> In the mean time, we have been told that if we need to use the

> restroom, we should go to the back of the store and " use the

employees

> restroom. "

>

> I have tried to be amicable about resolving this sitation but it is

> clear to me that the manager and the board are not remotely

interested

> in resolving this.

>

> What do you suggest I do next? Also, do you think the co-op

> is violating the ADA in not accomodating us and sending us to the

other

> restroom? (After all, if we were in wheelchairs and they made this

> restroom inaccessible to our chairs, everyone would be up in arms,

but

> because my daughter and I dance with an " invisible " disability, we

are

> being treated terribly).

>

> I absolutely have to shop at this place for organic food, at the

advice

> of my child's EI specialist.

>

> Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

>

> Thank you,

>

> Clair and daughter Sofia

>