Black Mold in a Swedish School Linked to Teacher Cancer

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Black Mold in a Swedish School Linked to Teacher Cancer

By Barbro Plogander

Epoch Times Staff Jan 15, 2009

The Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA

http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/content/view/10372/

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Black mold in a Swedish high-school could have

been behind a surge of cancer cases among teaching staff over the

last 20 years. Since late 1989, around 20 teachers from Sträbacka

high-school in the northern city of Piteå have fallen ill with

cancer.

An investigation has begun to see whether the cases have any

connection with a recent discovery of black mold in the school

building, according to Radio Sweden

The twenty teachers had all worked on the same floor the growth was

discovered. An investigation was made into the cancer cases in 2004,

though the mold was not found at that time.

After pressure from teachers and students, school management now

plans to close that part of the school. Pia Andersson, safety

Ombudsman for the Teachers Trade Union, complained that it took too

long for school management to react.