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Godd post Sharon, that pretty much nails it.

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> In a message dated 1/9/2011 10:28:28 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,

> jeaninem660@... writes:

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> my uterus,overies,ect also would swell like my lower back did so

> inflammation did play a role there but I still fell infection did too.

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> As usual, I agree with your evaluation, Jeanine. I have always thought it

> is splitting hairs to differentiate between toxicity, allergy, irritation,

> inflammation and infection.

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> Seems to me, one's body must be first infected with a substance before

> symptoms of illness occur; whether they be:

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> short term, chronic or intermittent; or

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> impacting one area of the body or many;

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> or manifest in symptoms of toxicity, allergic, irritant, or colonization

> of an unwanted substance.

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> It is ALL some sort of inflammation caused by an infecting agent.

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> Before I experience sinus inflammation of a cold, I first am infected with

> a cold causing virus.

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> Before I experience organ inflammation caused by toxin chemicals from mold,

> I first am infected with inflammation causing mold toxins.

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> Having one's body infected by a substance is not always the same thing as

> infectious disease requiring growth of an organism.

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> Inflammation from exposure to a substance in whatever form it comes is

> caused by being infected with the substance, first.

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> Definition of infect:

> to taint or contaminate with something that affects quality, character, or

> condition unfavorably

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> Definition of infection:

> an infecting with germs of disease, as through the medium of infected

> insects, air, water, or clothing

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> Definition of infectious disease:

> Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of

> microorganisms in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious.

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> disease:

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> a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system

> of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors,

> infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or

> unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.

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> 2.

> any abnormal condition in a plant that interferes with its vital

> physiological processes, caused by pathogenic microorganisms, parasites,

unfavorable

> environmental, genetic, or nutritional factors, etc.

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> posted this on IEQuality from the NY Guidelines. They are getting

> closer to putting logic into all of this by the curtailing of the usage of

> misleading and splitting hair terms.

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> " Now, if we could only get everyone to use and follow this plain, easy to

> understand definition of mold:

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> " The Task Force members agreed that scientific evidence does not exist

> supporting clear distinctions between a category of " toxic mold " species

> versus other " non-toxic " mold species or between " toxic mold " health effects

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> health effects associated with other molds. Therefore, the remainder of

> this report will address all molds as a group, recognizing that there is

> tremendous variability among mold species in the way they grow, their

> metabolism, the chemicals they produce, how they interact with their

environment and

> their potential to cause adverse health effects when people are exposed to

> them. "

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> The reason:

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> " ...the law does not define toxic mold or the term toxic. A simple

> dictionary definition for toxic as " harmful, destructive, deadly, poisonous "

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> appropriate when considering health effects of mold exposures. This broadens

> the scope of potential health effects considered by the Task Force beyond

> effects that might be associated with certain chemicals produced by molds

> (known as mycotoxins) to include adverse effects such as allergic,

> inflammatory or mucous membrane irritation responses. Chemicals produced by

molds in

> buildings that have potential to cause adverse reactions in building

> occupants can include protein allergens; complex carbohydrates such as

> 1,3beta-D-glucan and extracellular polysaccharides; volatile organic

compounds such

> as aldehydes, ketones and alcohols; and non-volatile mycotoxins. Some mix of

> these different chemicals can be produced by any type of mold growing in

> buildings and adverse responses in people exposed to any of these agents can

> be considered toxic responses. "

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> See more at The Final Task Force Report, pg. 21, at

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_http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/indoors/air/mold/task_force/docs/final_t\

oxic_mold_task_force

> _report.pdf_

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(http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/indoors/air/mold/task_force/docs/final_t\

oxic_mold_task_force_report.pdf)

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> End of 's IEQuality post.

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> Sharon

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