Who is who on mold task force

[Guest guest]

The Department of Health and the Department of State are pleased to

announce that the New York State Toxic Mold Task Force has now been

established and will be having its first meeting. We have designated Dr.

Kim of the Health Department and Mr. Mahar of the

Department of State to lead the Task Force. The Task Force members are:

* Dr. Kim, Interim Director, Center for Environmental Health,

New York State Department of Health

* Mr. Mahar, Assistant Director, Division of Code Enforcement

and Administration, New York State Department of State

* Dr. Anagnost, Associate Professor, DCMWPE, SUNY College of

Environmental Science and Forestry

* Mr. Terry Brennan, President, Camroden Associates, Inc.

* Dr. Ginger Chew, Assistant Professor, Mailman School of Public

Health, Columbia University

* Mr. D', Research Scientist, New York City

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

* Mr. Denz, Director of Environmental Health Services, Broome

County Health Department

* Ms. Desiderio, Assistant Director of Environmental Health,

Erie County Department of Health

* Mr. Faisst, Public Health Director, Madison County Health

Department

* Dr. Haines, Emeritus Scientist, New York State Museum

* Dr. Meyer Kattan, Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University

Medical Center

* Dr. ph Laquatra, Hazel E Human Ecology Extension,

Professor in Family Policy, College of Human Ecology, Cornell

University

* Dr. Melius, Administrator, NYS Laborers' Health and Safety

Trust Fund.

* Dr. Jianshun Zhang, Professor and Director, Energy and Indoor

Environmental Systems, Syracuse University

The first meeting of the Task Force was Tuesday, December 4, 2007 from

8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. in the Boardroom of the New York State Nurse's

Association Headquarters office, 11 Cornell Rd, Latham. April 22, 2008,

Earth Day, the group met again.

The Toxic Mold Task Force was created in 2005 under Title 11-A of Public

Health Law, Section 1384. The Task Force will be preparing a report to

the governor and the legislature that assesses the current body of

knowledge on toxic mold, provides the status of toxic mold in the state,

and assesses the feasibility of any further actions to be taken by the

legislature or state agencies, as required by the law.