WorkCompCentral 3/9 Revised ACOEM Mold Statement Doesn’t Appease Critics

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

In a modern day tale of the Emperor's New Robe, ACOEM continues to feign

that they put out current accepted science over the mold issue ten years ago

as health policy...and that it is _still science today_

(http://www.acoem.org/AdverseHumanHealthEffects_Molds.aspx) .

So where is our government to _shut this down _

(http://freepdfhosting.com/dad9dfa792.pdf) (when the _interests of the US

Chamber_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/8a5bcdc27f.pdf) are involved)?

Does " pay no attention to the _man behind the curtain_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/43fe041b1d.pdf) , " apply here?

Ignore that those _funky math calculations_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/b7048d9d18.pdf) end up being a real embarrassment

(_and a sure loss_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/00aac4f63d.pdf) ) for any defense attorney who tries

to

use them in an honest court.

I suppose we should thank ACOEM for helping to keep the _defense bar easily

exposed _ (http://www.drcraner.com/images/suits_over_mold_WSJ.pdf) as

parading bare in their denials of causation.

But lives are still lost by their _selling of doubt_

(http://www.propublica.org/article/fort-bragg-infant-death-toll-may-climb-to-twe\

lve) . (and of

course the position of ACOEM and the US Chamber will still be effective to

beat people down for several months before trial. They will still cause many

sick people - whether in litigation or not - to be misdiagnosed & left

unaware while staying in moldy buildings as their health mysteriously

deteriorates, sometimes into death).

WCC's writing (excerpts below) is excellent. I would highly suggest that

anyone who is having _difficulty obtaining medical treatment_

(http://www.moldwarriors.com/SK/IJOEH_Oct07_LaDou.pdf) or who has a mold claim

buy this

article. It only costs $7.00.

If you can, please send Jim and at WCC a note to thank them for

helping us bring this to public light and buy the article.

_jim@..._ (mailto:jim@...) &

_patjenreilly@..._

(mailto:patjenreilly@...)

To purchase & read this article in its entirety, go to:

_http://www.workcompcentral.com/signup/news/index.php?id=34467318de5e107dbebf8ab\

d510d320cj_

(http://www.workcompcentral.com/signup/news/index.php?id=34467318de5e107dbebf8ab

d510d320cj)

I pulled out a few quotes below. This one is most indicative of ACOEM's

continued imperialist attitude of no need for transparency and democracy (or

any research after 2002 cited) when setting health policy that impacts

all:

" McLellan said the general public also had the opportunity to comment on

the revisions. "

Did I miss something? I never got to see what they were putting out

before they did it, or to comment on what they wrote. I see nowhere that they

took our scientifically evidenced suggestions to heart. Does anyone else?

PS. On a personal note, on March 25th, in the San Diego North County

Courtroom of Dept 30 at 1:30, the State of CA is anticipated to gag a US

citizen

(me) from ever _writing and evidencing again _

(http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/truth-out-sharon-kramer-letter-to\

-andrew-saxon-mold-issu

e/) of how the US Chamber of Commerce got their unclean hands in the mold

issue by teaming up with the Manhattan Institute think-tank and paying

Hardin and Kelman to write a policy paper for the Chamber that is a lay

translation _mass marketed to the courts._

(http://freepdfhosting.com/cfe9bff790.pdf) of what they wrote for ACOEM

The ACOEM mold statement meaning (that has not conceptually changed with

this new version) in lay words according to the Chamber: " Thus the notion

that toxic mold is an insidious secret killer as so many media and trial

lawyers would claim is junk science unsupported by actual scientific study. "

THE US CHAMBER VERSION OF ACOEM's CITES FALSE AUTHORSHIP OF BEING

CO-WRITTEN BY A PHYSICIAN. NOPE! _Just Hardin and Kelman_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/1e539c7db7.pdf) .

This anticipated ruling that will make me gag on the 25th and our founding

fathers _role over in their graves_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/91d5a0d8a4.pdf) , will establish new _(underground)

case law_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/7764c9202b.pdf) that US citizens can be silenced by

the courts from

writing words that are adverse to the interest of the insurance industry & US

Chamber of Commerce (and ACOEM).... without even having to first sue the

citizen for the words or show any evidence they are incorrect.

Specifically, on March 25th, I will most likely be illegally gagged from

writing " He [Chamber author, Kelman] admitted the Manhattan Institute paid

GlobalTox $40,000 to write a position paper regarding the potential health

risks of toxic mold exposure. " I have never even been sued for those words

and they are 100% evidenced to be correct!!!

This means all of the following words will be gagged, too, of how ACOEM's

science over the mold issue is waaaaay too close to that of the paid for

hire endeavor of US Chamber and a think-tank:

" In 2003, with the involvement of the US Chamber of Commerce and

ex-developer, US Congressman (R-CA), the GlobalTox paper was

disseminated to the real estate, mortgage and building industries'

associations. A

version of the Manhattan Institute commissioned piece may also be found as a

position statement on the website of a United States medical policy-writing

body, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. "

The only words I have written of this matter that have even been

challenged as incorrect are " altered his under oath statements " was a false

accusation of perjury - and the _courts cannot even state_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/69c40884b7.pdf) how this claim pans out.

See _LINK _ (http://freepdfhosting.com/ed43019b9c.pdf) of complaint from

2005 for the five words " altered his under oath statements " & injunctive

relief sought on March 25th gag me to hide how the Chamber/Manhattan Institute

money & unclean hands got into this issue and policy...and they are trying

to shut me up so that they can do it again!!!

So much for the 1st Amendment or protecting the public when the U$ Chamber

is involved!

On Saturday, March 26th, I am scheduled to speak of all of the above at a

_workers health rights conference in San Francisco. _

(http://freepdfhosting.com/edf66823bb.pdf)

Wonder if I can do it via some sort of webcast from my jail cell....when I

tell the courts on Friday the 25th, to pound sand.

We are not the _United States of the US Chamber of Commerce_

(http://www.velvetrevolution.us/stop_chamber2/) ! (are we????)

If you think we are and you think this is A OK, then remain silent.

But know that there will be no one to tell the insidious tale if you let

me be forever silenced caused by

_Fear of Retribution_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/fb25662bd7.pdf) . or loss

of reputation should they dare to speak out.

What my story REALLY is, is the loss of Democracy in the United

States...and those that let it/aided it to happen.

Sharon

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WorkCompCentral Top 03/09/11

Revised ACOEM Mold Statement Doesn’t Appease Critics:

By Reilly, Correspondent

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has

released long-awaited revisions to its contentious position paper on the health

effects of mold exposure, but one mold activist said the paper will not help

workers’ compensation claimants because the college’s position is

essentially unchanged....

The paper, released Feb. 24, says indoor molds have an “important, but

minor overall role in allergic airway disease. Except for persons with

severely impaired immune systems, indoor mold is not a source of fungal

infections.â€

The conclusion isn’t significantly different than the statement in ACOEM’

s original position statement, which drew fire from critics who say the

college is too cozy with claims payers....

“What they put out is exactly what we expected,†Kramer said. “It is a

new and improved litigation defense argument that is not based on currently

accepted science.â€...

ACOEM’s original paper relied in part on a test in which mice were exposed

to a specific strain of mold and suffered no significant health effects.

The test was extrapolated to reach the conclusion that exposure to mold

would have no effect in humans.

“_It is_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/f6bdd9bc03.pdf) _insurance fraud_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/a8e85c0cc1.pdf) . _Nothing has changed_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/32cf319a99.pdf) ,†[Kramer] said. “They took

data from a

single rodent study. Those _calculations have been thrown out of court_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/74478c4cad.pdf) .†(I added the links!)

ACOEM came under fire for its 2002 position paper after a Wall Street

Journal report revealed that the two authors, Bruce Kelman and Hardin,

were toxicologists and defense witnesses who testified that there was no

health effect caused by exposure to mold....

McLellan said the general public also had the opportunity to comment on

the revisions.....â€Public comments did go to the Council of Scientific

Advisors.â€

Sharon Noonan Kramer