Re: Sun News:College's mold leaves faculty and students sick, tired. ton, SC

[Guest guest]

Here is one of the comments that was posted today in response to this article.

The following message about Dr. Close's use of essential oils to eliminate mold

has been showing up frequently in response to news articles about mold in

schools. (I agree with . It doesn't sound possible that essential oils

can eliminate the toxins. Are the correct types of samples and tests being

done?)

" ton college officials, teachers, and students may want to check out the

remarkable research on toxic mold removal done by environmental expert Dr Ed

Close. Simply diffusing a therapeutic-grade oil regularly in these classrooms

would likely result in an environment very hostile to mold. Moreover, numerous

studies have shown breathing natural oils improves classroom performance.

http://www.secretofthieves.com/mold.cfm/79544

It seems like this would make traditional remediation projects easier and more

effective, as well as creating a healthier environment for the students to

learn.

In one instance, 10,667 stachybotrys mold spores were identified in a per cubic

meter area. After diffusing Thieves essential oil for forty-eight hours, Dr

Close retested. Only thirteen stachybotrys remained. Similarly, 75,000

stachybotrys mold spores were identified in a sample of sheetrock. After

seventy-two hours of diffusing, no stachybotrys mold spores remained. "

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> The Sun News (http://www.thesunnews.com/)

> Sunday, Sep 6, 2009

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> Posted on Sun, Sep. 06, 2009

> College's mold leaves faculty and students sick, tired

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> By Tony Bartelme

> The Post and Courier

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> Science professors and researchers at the College of ton are

> struggling with long-standing mold contamination in the college's main science

> building that they said is making them and their students sick.

> The problem is in the Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center at and

> Coming streets, and on a recent warm afternoon, construction workers were

> tearing out slabs of drywall that were covered with green mold.

> Across the hallway, temperatures in a lab were 83 degrees, rendering some

> of the lab's delicate and expensive instruments unusable because the high

> temperatures would skew any results.

> Faculty say the brick three-story building has serious ventilation

> problems, and dank moldy odors permeate their offices and classrooms. Some

> instructors have developed allergic reactions and skin and health problems.

> College officials acknowledge that the building needs to be renovated but

> say they don't have money to do a major overhaul.

> Robin Humphreys, a geology professor, is one of several faculty members who

> said mold has been a problem for nearly a decade.

> She said that after one particularly bad mold bloom on the third floor, she

> became so ill from an allergic reaction that her lips turned blue and she

> had to lecture her students using a microphone.

> Colgan, chair of the department of Geology and Environmental

> Geoscience, confirmed that many of " my colleagues feel ill as soon as they

walk

> into their offices. Some have come to my office with their eyes watering

> and their skin red. They want to work but they've had to go home. "

> Students have made similar complaints, he said.

> Other faculty members, including some who asked to remain anonymous because

> they feared their positions in the college might be affected, said the

> college has sidestepped their pleas for help by doing minor or cosmetic

> repairs.

> Several mentioned that when they complained that leaks were making ceiling

> tiles moldy, maintenance workers simply replaced the tiles and did not

> repair the leaks. They said they often feel better after they leave the

> building for the day or go on vacation.

> Mold grows quickly in the South's sweatbox climate, creating ripe

> conditions for " sick building syndrome " when buildings aren't properly

ventilated.

> Once established, the spores can produce toxic byproducts that trigger

> asthma and allergic reactions similar to hay fever and flu.

> Mike on, director of media relations at the college, said " the whole

> building has had problems in the past, and that's why we're building a new

> science building. "

> The new building is nearing completion and some science departments will be

> moved from the Hollings building. The college will then renovate the

> Hollings building, he said. But that renovation may take time.

> First, an in-depth study of the problem needs to be done, on said,

> adding that no timetable has been set for this assessment.

> Once that study has been done, the college will have a better idea of what

> it needs to do to fix the Hollings building and how much it will cost. Even

> so, on said the college doesn't have the money to do a major

> overhaul. The building was built in 1975 and expanded in 1988.

> Humphreys and other faculty members said the building needs major work

> immediately. " There is no excuse for not treating this problem, " she said.

> © 2009 TheSunNews.com and wire service sources. .

> _http://www.thesunnews.com_ (http://www.thesunnews.com)

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[Guest guest]

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Actually this is a person named Caleb Eaton who is not associated with us in

any way capitalizing on the work that Dr. Close is doing. If you go to his

website which is linked below the only reference to Dr. Close is in one sentence

on that page linked which gives Dr. Close credit for the discovery. However the

entire rest of the site is actually an attempt to be in direct competition with

Dr. Close and he is using these post to grow his own business without the

training that Dr. Close has. This is a perfect example as to why I was getting

involved in these discussions.

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> >The following message about Dr. Close's use of essential oils to

> > eliminate mold has been showing up frequently in response to news articles

> > about mold in schools. (I agree with . It doesn't sound possible that

> > essential oils can eliminate the toxins. Are the correct types of samples

> > and tests being done?)

[Guest guest]

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I agree with you . As you know, I have also lost my home, all my belongings

and nearly my life. And for us, this all becomes very personal and like you

said, unless you have been there, it is very difficult to grasp. But I wanted to

ask Close, if you are not to sell your fathers product to us, why are

you here on a forum with mold-injured people? Diane Bolton

In , Meng <moldsick@...> wrote:

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> Unless you can make a home 100% safe for a previously exposed individual to

live in, you should never suggest releasing essential oils will be the " remedy "

to your mold problems. I only pray that you never have to live through the

nightmare of losing your home and all of your belongings due to toxic mold.

> Therefore my closing comment to you on this matter is please be diligent on

securing and confirming all of your facts regarding hyphae,mold and mycotoxins

before you make promises you cannot keep and you end up harming more than

helping!!

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> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:49 AM, xnavyfoxm <josh@...> wrote:

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> > Actually this is a person named Caleb Eaton who is not associated with us

> > in any way capitalizing on the work that Dr. Close is doing. If you go to

> > his website which is linked below the only reference to Dr. Close is in one

> > sentence on that page linked which gives Dr. Close credit for the discovery.

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[Guest guest]

Actually the truth is I was hoping to show people that there is a better way to

do mold remediation that is less expensive, has residual effect and has been

used on homes with sensitive individuals with little or no effect. His protocol

is free and is listed on the website. Whether you decide to purchase the oils

from us or from anyone else is entirely up to you. There are quite literally

10's of thousands of people in Young Living and if you decide that you agree

with the protocol that Dr. Close has set forth then while you are more than

welcome to get the oils from us by no means is this a requirement.

The reason that I haven't posted anything prior to this is because of the

attitude of most people here. Case and point people assuming that the use of

essential oils is some form of " snake oil. " If you have been following and

reading carefully the responses to Mr. Grimes then you will know that I am on

here because I would like people to be open to another form of mold remediation

that from the data Dr. Close has collected has proven to be more effective than

standard mold remediation protocols. My assumption was that people would like

to hear about a new mold remediation technique that as I am discussing with Mr.

Grimes is superior to standard mold remediation.

So in truth, technically speaking, these are not even Dr. Close's products but

Young Livings. He has just developed the protocol, done the research, and

collected data proving his protocol effective with the use of this product. So

we aren't even really selling anything we are just offering knowledge.

Josh

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> > > Actually this is a person named Caleb Eaton who is not associated with us

> > > in any way capitalizing on the work that Dr. Close is doing. If you go to

> > > his website which is linked below the only reference to Dr. Close is in

one

> > > sentence on that page linked which gives Dr. Close credit for the

discovery.

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