Mold tests inconclusive

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Mold tests inconclusive

Cabinet.com - Milford,NH*

By JESSIE SALISBURY

Jul. 31, 2008

LYNDEBOROUGH — Testing for mold at the Central School earlier this

summer has proved " inconclusive, " according to Principal

Tussing.

She is now wondering, she told the school board on Monday, " if it

makes sense to wait until fall or winter when the building is closed

up, to get a more accurate reading. "

The board agreed to do that.

According to a report, the tests were made in May following

complaints from a parent that her son was complaining of headaches

while at school. Air samples were taken in three locations, she

said: the boy's classroom, the resource room, and an outside control

sample.

The samples were analyzed by Pro-Lab.

The classroom and outside air showed slightly elevated levels of

mold, a type associated with moisture and which can affect ceiling

tiles, drywall, any absorbent organic material.

Symptoms of this exposure are usually runny nose, eye irritation,

cough, congestion, and aggravation of asthma.

Tussing said the student complained of headaches to his parents but

did not approach the school nurse.

She also noted that the school walls are cement block, not drywall,

and the only " organic " material could be in the ceiling tiles.

She also noted that the student would be in a different classroom

this fall.

[Guest guest]

When have we seen a story that says tests ARE conclusive, ever?

Tests taken under normal conditions are much more meaningful than

tests taken when a building is closed. Humidity will almost always be

far lower when a building is unoccupied..(people respire a lot of

moisture)

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:26 PM, tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

> Mold tests inconclusive

> Cabinet.com - Milford,NH*

> By JESSIE SALISBURY

>

> Jul. 31, 2008

>

> LYNDEBOROUGH — Testing for mold at the Central School earlier this

> summer has proved " inconclusive, " according to Principal

> Tussing.

>