Re: Deviated Septum question - no it's about mold

[Guest guest]

I just read a story last week about a woman in our city whose

previous house was bulldozed to the ground. She was not able to

manage working several jobs (as well as being a single mom), and pay

for the work required to remove the mold from her home. I'm not sure,

but I think she is now in a Habitat for Humanity house. From what I

know about these homes, they are not a handout but a helping hand

upwards.

Our office trailer had visible mold, we had to stay in it for 2

months while our new office was being completed. One day after about

5 or 6 weeks, I came in and smelled mold, then saw visible mold. I

had a battle with my boss, management didn't do anything, they simply

sprayed air freshener 2x a day to mask the smell. That and they

sprayed pesticide as they thought a rodent might have been stung by

bees and died in one of the many holes in the floor (they found a

bees nest under the trailer). My assistant has severe allergies and

I've never seen her have so severe an attack at work after they

sprayed the pesticide.

I went out and bought a box of N95 particulate respirators (they

aren't simple dust masks but meant for fine particles) and wore a

mask to work each day. I looked like a total doofus but I think I

saved my respiratory system ( have mild asthma, don't want to create

any new allergies). I told my boss off as I thought it was unhealthy

to work in that environment (and I was also upset that nobody was

being told that they were working in a moldy environment).

Anyway, now we're in our new office and tonight they are spraying for

flies. How healthy is that? (for us or the flies)

Be afraid of mold. My husband worked for the government studying air

quality for almost 35 years, and he says you don't want to be

breathing that stuff in. If you're smelling it, you're inhaling it.

> IF you mean you smell mold a lot, I would recommend an

> ear/nose/throat dr asap...but as to the home...that's serious!

> You may need an expert to come in and tackle that...my last rental

> was beautiful to look at, we walked thru when there was still 2ft

of

> snow outside...so somethings were obviously hidden, and they had

just

> done some painting inside, so just paint smells were evident.

> HOWEVER, the home was infeseted with MOLD...as the snow melted, and

> things got wetter as we went into last spring 03 in NY which on

Long

> Island was about as wet as we've seen...it just kept getting worse,

> the wood floors were popping out spots, big large gray and black

> spots, furry even, the basement, always wet, the walls,

> speckled...and the homeowner, couldn't care OF COURSE. )found out

> later he was a slumlord that only rented to welfare pep aside from

> us, and mind you, I don't feel in any way if pep need help thru

> welfare that they should live in unhealthy conditions, but he was

> more than used to taking advantage of pep and thinking

> he " could " )...so we fought him every step...he denied it was there,

> my pics say otherwise for sure...and in the end we had to take a

BIG

> chance and break the lease...he went after us for the

contract...but

> once we noted having an attny, oh! POOF! he stepped back and found

a

> poor fool to step in and left us alone.

> Yes I went on there, but it's so critical to not live like

that...my

> mother-in-law to be, smokes-wuite a bit, doesn't have the best

smell

> sense-but about this time, she came over and as she approached the

> house, said oh my started coughing and said that mold is

> horrible...she didn't even know at that time what was up and me, I

> have asthma, mold is one trigger for me, and the last 2 wks there,

I

> went from maintance meds to using a rescue inhailer often to using

> the nebulizer (that they have in hosp) 2-3x per day...my dr wanted

to

> admit me...and I really didn't want to, I was trying to pack up to

> get out! well thankfully as I noted, we did...I was in the new

place

> 2 days and was back to normal -almost...

> BE CAREFUL...and take action...it's not healthy to live like that.

> and You owe it to yourself to do what is best for you!

> good luck jo

[Guest guest]

I just read a story last week about a woman in our city whose

previous house was bulldozed to the ground. She was not able to

manage working several jobs (as well as being a single mom), and pay

for the work required to remove the mold from her home. I'm not sure,

but I think she is now in a Habitat for Humanity house. From what I

know about these homes, they are not a handout but a helping hand

upwards.

Our office trailer had visible mold, we had to stay in it for 2

months while our new office was being completed. One day after about

5 or 6 weeks, I came in and smelled mold, then saw visible mold. I

had a battle with my boss, management didn't do anything, they simply

sprayed air freshener 2x a day to mask the smell. That and they

sprayed pesticide as they thought a rodent might have been stung by

bees and died in one of the many holes in the floor (they found a

bees nest under the trailer). My assistant has severe allergies and

I've never seen her have so severe an attack at work after they

sprayed the pesticide.

I went out and bought a box of N95 particulate respirators (they

aren't simple dust masks but meant for fine particles) and wore a

mask to work each day. I looked like a total doofus but I think I

saved my respiratory system ( have mild asthma, don't want to create

any new allergies). I told my boss off as I thought it was unhealthy

to work in that environment (and I was also upset that nobody was

being told that they were working in a moldy environment).

Anyway, now we're in our new office and tonight they are spraying for

flies. How healthy is that? (for us or the flies)

Be afraid of mold. My husband worked for the government studying air

quality for almost 35 years, and he says you don't want to be

breathing that stuff in. If you're smelling it, you're inhaling it.

> IF you mean you smell mold a lot, I would recommend an

> ear/nose/throat dr asap...but as to the home...that's serious!

> You may need an expert to come in and tackle that...my last rental

> was beautiful to look at, we walked thru when there was still 2ft

of

> snow outside...so somethings were obviously hidden, and they had

just

> done some painting inside, so just paint smells were evident.

> HOWEVER, the home was infeseted with MOLD...as the snow melted, and

> things got wetter as we went into last spring 03 in NY which on

Long

> Island was about as wet as we've seen...it just kept getting worse,

> the wood floors were popping out spots, big large gray and black

> spots, furry even, the basement, always wet, the walls,

> speckled...and the homeowner, couldn't care OF COURSE. )found out

> later he was a slumlord that only rented to welfare pep aside from

> us, and mind you, I don't feel in any way if pep need help thru

> welfare that they should live in unhealthy conditions, but he was

> more than used to taking advantage of pep and thinking

> he " could " )...so we fought him every step...he denied it was there,

> my pics say otherwise for sure...and in the end we had to take a

BIG

> chance and break the lease...he went after us for the

contract...but

> once we noted having an attny, oh! POOF! he stepped back and found

a

> poor fool to step in and left us alone.

> Yes I went on there, but it's so critical to not live like

that...my

> mother-in-law to be, smokes-wuite a bit, doesn't have the best

smell

> sense-but about this time, she came over and as she approached the

> house, said oh my started coughing and said that mold is

> horrible...she didn't even know at that time what was up and me, I

> have asthma, mold is one trigger for me, and the last 2 wks there,

I

> went from maintance meds to using a rescue inhailer often to using

> the nebulizer (that they have in hosp) 2-3x per day...my dr wanted

to

> admit me...and I really didn't want to, I was trying to pack up to

> get out! well thankfully as I noted, we did...I was in the new

place

> 2 days and was back to normal -almost...

> BE CAREFUL...and take action...it's not healthy to live like that.

> and You owe it to yourself to do what is best for you!

> good luck jo