IOM, UConn and ACOEM

[Guest guest]

Sometime after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) came out with their report on

damp indoor environments and mold illnesses, the University of Connecticut

and the EPA published a document entitled: " Guidance for Clinicians on the

Recognition and Management of Health Effects Related to Mold Exposure and

Moisture Indoors. " Some of the authors of the UConn document also served on

the

IOM committee. I must get my two cents in that the ACOEM Guidelines sound

nothing like the IOM report and certainly nothing like the UConn Clinicians

Guidance book.

I can remember when the UConn document came out in 2004, I was so excited to

see that they were at least recognizing and acknowledging that people were

reporting a variety of illnesses associated with mold exposure. There was a

modicum of respect for the sick and their health problems. It seemed that we

were on the path, actually getting somewhere with the recognition of mold

illnesses. Many of us tried to get this into the hands of as many doctors as

we

could.

Here is the link to the UConn document:

_http://oehc.uchc.edu/images/PDFs/MOLD%20GUIDE.pdf_

(http://oehc.uchc.edu/images/PDFs/MOLD%20GUIDE.pdf)

Would be curious what you all have to say about it.

Again, this medical guidance document was a direct outcome of the IOM paper.

That is why what has happened with ACOEM is so incredibly scary.

Mulvey son

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