Help! Legally liable for cross-contamination?

April 15, 2008

Hi Folks,

I am in the middle of a possible problem with the

realty company of the place I live in.

They are going to send a company to do air samples

because I have been having symptoms in this new place.

They have said that all items that were in our

previous home (which I said was contaminated) must be

removed before testing.

That sounds reasonable-although I let her know that

all items, including furniture, clothes, books,

mattress-where cleaned with a solution of tea tree

oil, grapefruit seed extract, and orange clean, or

left in the sun to bake before entering the new

duplex. Now I know it's not a guarantee of protection

from cross-contamination, but it was the best effort I

could do and afford. I have already reconciled that

books have to be thrown out, and the mattress too.

What if the air samples come out fairly clean without

all the stuff-or, even if they pick up mold, could I

be financially liable for the clean-up because they

could say it was my stuff that made the house moldy?

Does it matter that I took precautions and didn't know

the items were contaminated?

If you remove contaminated stuff, and the house itself

wasn't the problem, does there still have to be some

kind of cleanup done in the house?

I am worried, because I live on disability, and just

moving the stuff out (almost all our stuff is from the

other house) and having to rent a storage space (some

of the stuff is my husband's) is more than I can

handle and afford.

Help!

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