Movie Review ~ Black Mold Exposure Documentary

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BLACK MOLD EXPOSURE

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(2009-11-01) 2009, Un-rated, 101 minutes, Watchtower Pictures

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(http://www.blackmoldexposuremovie.com/) If I told you that the horrible

black mold that rots people

’s homes in humid climates was bad for a human being’s health, would you

believe me?

I suspect that most people would.

This seems like a no-brainer, right?

After all, this black mold is a living organism, and might just as easily

eat away at a human’s health as it eats away at concrete and thrives within

old carpeting. Common sense dictates that this nasty, stinky, vile, living

thing just couldn’t possibly be anything other than harmful if it should

find its way to the interior of a human being.

Unfortunately, several groups of people who have a vested financial

interest in proving otherwise - insurance companies, politicians, construction

contractors, and even some doctors - have done their very best to claim that

people whose lives have been devastated by the black mold are unworthy of

compensation or treatment. Even worse, some of these same powerful forces won’

t even acknowledge that black mold is a serious problem. It seems obvious

that breathing in black mold spores can have negative health effects, and

it seems absurd that even the CDC (Center for Disease Control) denies the

existence of some fairly blatant symptoms of mold exposure.

Once again, greed trumps humanity, dollars trump suffering, the guy with

the worst lawyer is wrong, and the little guy loses. This is the thesis of “

Black Mold Exposure,†a documentary by .

As overly dramatic music rather heavy-handedly sets the tone, we learn some

interesting facts: no standardized safe levels for mold exposure have been

established; Hurricane Katrina, for all the misery it caused, helped to

raise awareness to the dangers of mold exposure; no set of symptoms for

people suffering from black mold exposure agreed upon; many symptoms can be due

to other problems (hence skepticism); and genetic susceptibility can be a

factor.

Personally, I was sold on ‘ perspective (as outlined in the first

few paragraphs above) by thirty minutes into the show, but he targets the

skeptics by spending another hour hammering the point home via interviews

with people on both sides of the argument. The documentary includes a lot of

interview footage with an Asian girl named and her boyfriend (whose

name happens to be ). They were both essentially healthy

people until they moved into a poorly constructed apartment building in

Saratoga Springs, Florida. Water damage to the newly-constructed apartments

gave

the black mold a foothold, and after only a few years, the entire complex

had to be razed due to the mold infestation (over 1000 water damage

complaints were filed in four years among the 264 apartments). Just as the mold

rotted away the homes, it also seems to have rotted away the tenants. now

has extreme health problems, all attributable directly to the black mold

exposure. isn’t much better off.

These people have had their lives severely and radically impacted by their

misfortune, and it is unthinkable that so few people are taking this

problem more seriously. For those with allergies, imagine your worst attack

ever,

and now imagine living like that all the time, and you might start to

commiserate with some of the people in this film. One thing is for sure: if you

live in a humid climate, or if you have ever had water damage to your

home, you’re going to want to watch this one. These lil’ black beasties

will

scare the willies out of you.