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The Truth About the Health Effects of Toxic Mold

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December 26, 2009

The Truth About the Health Effects of Toxic Mold

By TruthAboutMold

The following information has been sent to hundreds of elected officials

throughout the country.

I am writing to you on behalf of millions of Americans who have been harmed by

exposure to toxic mold. The following message has been sent to hundreds of

elected officials including President Obama, all U.S. Senators, members of the

U.S. House, the Governors of all 50 states, state legislators, state health

departments, etc.

Toxic mold causes serious health problems. We need your help to get laws passed

in order to ensure that the American people can get appropriate medical care and

the correct information regarding the handling and remediation of toxic mold. We

need laws and regulations in regard to people who test and remediate mold in

order to stop the fraud and deceit that has been occurring throughout the

country.

For 50 years, the tobacco industry denied the truth about the health effects of

tobacco. How long will the insurance industry and other stakeholders be allowed

to deny the truth about the health effects of toxic mold? We need to expose the

truth now and educate the public about the proper way to handle mold problems in

our homes, schools and businesses. If your family was exposed to toxic mold,

wouldn't you want laws in place to protect your loved ones? This is all we are

asking. We need your leadership and action on this very important issue.

The following information will give you a good place to start in understanding

the issues that need to be addressed. These ten items are a very small sample of

the thousands of documents available on this topic. I thought these items would

be most helpful in your efforts to create new laws and regulations about

mold-related issues. You might also review the mold legislation that was

proposed by Representative Conyers.

1. The following paper has an insightful discussion of whether mold

contamination in homes can be regulated. " Can Mold Contamination of Homes be

Regulated Lessons Learned from Radon and Lead Policies " ? The answer is YES.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es0620585

2. The State of California issued mold remediation guidelines. This is one of

the most up-to-date reports available. It contains references to several

important articles about the health effects of toxic mold. The U.S. Navy also

has mold remediation guidelines.

http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/06/01/06-001.pdf

http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/prevmed/katrina/ihfom_ch13-3.pdf

3. Several states have passed legislation designating September 2009 as toxic

mold awareness month, and other states have passed legislation regarding

standards and qualifications for mold investigators. The following links provide

two examples:

Nevada legislation about toxic mold awareness month

http://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/ACR/ACR7_EN.pdf

Florida legislation about mold remediation

http://www.flsenate.gov/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute & Search_Strin\

g= & URL=Ch0468/PART16.HTM

4. The U.S. Surgeon General recently announced the federal government's new

Healthy Home Initiative which discusses mold and mold toxins, along with lead

paint and radon, and other issues that can affect the indoor environment in

homes.

http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/healthyhomes/calltoactiontopromotehealthyho\

mes.pdf

5. The Center for School Mold Help has a lot of valuable information about mold

in schools. Another group, Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings, is focused on

water damage and mold problems caused by construction defects.

http://www.schoolmoldhelp.org

http://www.hadd.com/

6. There are many books available on this subject including these two books:

Bioaerosols: Assessment and Control " This book was published by the American

Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists in 1999.

" Molds and Mycotoxins Papers from an International Symposium " This book was

edited by Kaye Kilburn, M.D. and was published by Heldref Publications in 2004.

7. Three of the experts who have been leading the way:

Craner, MD, MPH, is an occupational and environmental medicine specialist

who has evaluated over 1,000 individuals with building-related health problems

and conducted many epidemiological studies of occupants of mold-contaminated

buildings.

http://www.drcraner.com

http://www.drcraner.com/images/A Critique of the ACOEM Statement on Mold.pdf

Jack Thrasher, Ph.D., is a toxicologist who has assisted in many situations

involving mold in homes, schools and businesses.

http://www.drthrasher.org

Ritchie Shoemaker, MD, has treated many people who have been exposed to mold and

has written several articles and books.

http://www.biotoxin.info

8. The following links are from military textbooks. The first one is Chapter 34

on Trichothecene Mycotoxins, and the second one is Chapter 4 on Toxins (which

includes information about mycotoxins). If the U.S. military can admit that

mycotoxins are dangerous, then why are the insurance companies allowed to deny

that mycotoxins cause health problems.

http://www.envirochex.com/Downloads/Chapter34_Military_Medicine.pdf

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1018.5/MR1018.5.chap4.html

9. The University of Connecticut published a handbook titled " Guidance for

Clinicians on the Recognition and Management of Health Effects Related to Mold

Exposure and Moisture Indoors. "

http://oehc.uchc.edu/images/PDFs/MOLDGUIDE.pdf

10. There are thousands of articles regarding the health effects of toxic mold,

including the following report focusing on the neurotoxic effects:

" The Validity of Environmental Neurotoxic Effects of Toxigenic Molds and

Mycotoxins. "

Toxic mold is a very serious health threat, and we need to do everything we can

to help protect all Americans.

For additional information about this important topic, go to

http://truthaboutmold.info.

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