UConn President's home story

[Guest guest]

I wanted to share with you the letter I sent to the reporter who wrote the

UConn President's home and mold story.

Mulvey son

_http://www.courant.com/news/education/hc-house0530.artmay30,0,7512684.story_

(http://www.courant.com/news/education/hc-house0530.artmay30,0,7512684.story)

" The university now plans to use the president's house for meetings,

lectures and other activities, but does not plan to remove the mold and mildew,

Grava said. "

Grace Merritt, Hartford Currant

Thank you for an excellent story.

I read with great interest about mold in the President's home at UConn and

he and his wife's trepidation living in the home because of her severe

allergies to mold. Very smart move to stay out of that house.

The University of Connecticut has played a major role in helping clinicians

to recognize, diagnose and treat people who have been sickened by mold

exposure. (please find document attached) This document was written a few

years

ago and we hope that it will be updated to reflect the ever increasing

understanding of illnesses due to mold exposure. The UConn guidance was

written as a

direct result of an Institute of Medicine study of mold illnesses. Some of

the members of the IOM report also participated in the development of the

UConn document.

I was very surprised, however, that the university would continue to use

this home for meetings, lectures, etc. but not further remediate the mold

problem. Why would they let people go into this building at all for any reason

without removing the mold? Makes no sense to me especially in light of UConn's

leadership on mold and illness.

I have been working with Sharon Kramer from California and other people

across the country on the issue of mold illnesses, myself personally for the

past

8 years. We are working individually and collectively on the federal, state

and local levels to raise awareness and bring truth to the science and

medicine of mold exposure and illness.

Mold exposure medical problems are very real and dangerous to so many. In

the course of our advocacy, we discovered that some doctors in very high and

influential positions were basically operating as spokespersons for private

industry and not public health. When we discovered evidence to back up our

fears, we turned the information over to Senator Kennedy who requested a GAO on

our behalf. We also turned the information over to the Wall Street Journal

who, after an exhaustive 6+ month investigation, produced a front page,

top-of-the-fold story exposing these doctors. We then presented the

information to

Congressman Waxman's Committee on Government Oversight and Reform and await

notification of a hearing date.

So, to make a long story short, if this house is not fit for human

habitation as living quarters, then no one should go into it until it's fixed.

Mulvey son

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One hand does not know what the other hand is doing.

They can create a document and " talk the talk " that is credible, and

not " walk the walk " by putting theory into actual practice, incredible!