Re: House Passes Hastings Amendment to Protect Students from ...

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In a message dated 12/30/2008 5:19:31 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

tigerpaw2c@... writes:

June 4, 2008:

House Passes Hastings Amendment to Protect Students from Mold in

Schools

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WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives tonight

overwhelmingly passed an amendment to H.R. 3021, the 21st Century

Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act authored by U.S.

Representative Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar) which will protect

students in Florida and throughout the nation from the dangers of

mold and mildew in schools.

" When your learning environment is the source of your illness, you

can't even begin to think about academics, " remarked Representative

Hastings. " Clearly, our students should not have to sacrifice their

health and well-being to receive an education. Years of

disinvestment in our educational system have led to unmanageable

school sizes and patchwork facilities which disregard the health

implications for students. Today, we will fix that oversight. "

Considerable research has shown that exposure to mold and mildew, as

well as other contaminants that compromise indoor air quality, can

cause adverse health conditions which interrupt the learning process

among students. These poor air quality conditions can be

particularly pronounced in portable school units often found at

overflowing schools throughout Florida and the nation. The Hastings

Amendment to H.R. 3021 allows federal funds to be used for mold and

mildew abatement in schools.

The 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act

directs the Secretary of Education to make grants and low-interest

loans to local educational agencies for the modernization and repair

of public school facilities, encourages the building of " green

schools, " and establishes funding for the repair of schools damaged

by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

The Hastings Amendment was rolled into a the Manager's Amendment

offered by the Chairman of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and

Secondary Education Subcommittee, Representative Dale Kildee (D-

MI). H.R. 3021 is expected to pass the House later this evening and

will then await consideration by the Senate.

This is not necessarily a good thing for mold victims. There is a segment

in this bill that gives funding to the Pediatric Environmental Health

Specialty Units. The funding for these units are overseen by the Association

of

Occupational and Environmental Clinics. Remember? The people that had a great

laugh on April Fools two years ago discussing toxic (gelatin) mold brain. It

was co-penned by AOEC's Executive Director.

Will show you just one example of what the AOECs/PEHSU's teach regarding

mold injury.

_http://www.ph.ucla.edu/erc/Mold-0208.pdf_

(http://www.ph.ucla.edu/erc/Mold-0208.pdf)

Two of the presenters were peer reviewers for the ACOEM Mold Statement. A

third was Harriet Burge. I have the source material from this " educational "

seminar. They are teaching Lees-Haley's " Mold, Myth and Baloney "

_http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/toxicmold.html_

(http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/toxicmold.html)

So...we are government funding the EXACT people to advance the understanding

of environmental illness in our children, who have systematically worked

very hard to deny mold illness in injured workers.

Tell you something else quite disturbing. I got word yesterday that ACOEM

is working with Obama's transition team on health care.

Sharon

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I wonder what this bill really says/ does?

They must fancy themselves as really smart cookies, huh?

Perhaps the point is simply to get something dysfunctional in there

before the change on Jan 20th.

I think that Sharon is probably right, the " organization " they

mentioned is on the record

as taunting people with mold illness.