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> Topics in this digest:

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> 1. Re:Vice President's Home in DC

> From: " R. Cobarruvias " <johncoby@...>

> 2. MULTIPLE OP Pesticide Residues house and vehicle dust

> From: cavegrl777@...

> 3. Visit to Houston--April 18 and 19

> From: RLLIPSEY87@...

> 4. please unsubscribe

> From: " hickey61570 " <hickey61570@...>

> 5. Bellmead church battling mold problem

> From: bherk@...

> 6. Rash reports wane in Dennis

> From: bherk@...

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> Message: 1

> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 04:17:00 -0600

> From: " R. Cobarruvias " <johncoby@...>

> Subject: Re:Vice President's Home in DC

>

> I havent heard about the VPs home, but the Texas Mansion, W. Bush's

> home in Texas was contaminated with mold. And guess who picked up the bill

> to remediate?

>

> www.hobb.org

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> > Date: 3 Apr 2002 07:02:25 -0000

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> > Subject: [] Digest Number 1197

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> > Vice President's Home in DC

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> Message: 2

> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:37:42 EST

> From: cavegrl777@...

> Subject: MULTIPLE OP Pesticide Residues house and vehicle dust

>

> Quite a mixture of cholinesterase inhibitors being inhaled daily wouldn't

you

> agree...........

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list

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> ids=11878617 & dopt=Abstract

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> 1: J AOAC Int 2002 Jan-Feb;85(1):36-43

>

> Size exclusion chromatographic cleanup for GC/MS determination of

> organophosphorus pesticide residues in household and vehicle dust.

>

> Moate TF, Furia M, Curl C, Muniz JF, Yu J, Fenske RA.

>

> University of Washington, Environmental Health Laboratory, Seattle

> 98195-7234, USA. tmoate@...

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> Size exclusion chromatography (SEC) was used as a cleanup method for the

> analysis of organophosphorus pesticides in household and vehicle dusts.

The

> pesticides investigated were:

> 1.diazinon

> 2.methyl parathion

> 3. chlorpyrifos

> 4. malathion

> 5. phosmet

> 6. azinphosmethyl

>

> These compounds are of interest due to their use in agricultural tree

fruit

> production and/or urban pest control. Pesticides were determined via gas

> chromatography/mass spectrometry with selected-ion monitoring and cool

> on-column injection. The lower limit of method validation was 0.20

microg/g.

> Method limits of detection in dust ranged from 0.012-0.055 microg/g. Dust

> samples were collected with vacuums from the homes and vehicles of people

> living and working in a rural agricultural region in the central part of

> Washington State. The analytes were extracted from the dust by sonication

in

> acetone. The extracts were solvent-exchanged to cyclohexane, frozen,

thawed,

> and centrifuged prior to SEC injection. Following SEC, the eluent was

split

> into 2 fractions, concentrated, and injected on-column into the gas

> chromatograph. This method represents the first complete publication

> describing the SEC cleanup of organophosphorus pesticides in dusts.

> Recoveries of pesticides in dusts ranged from 63.5-110.8 +/- 4.9-19.6%

over a

> fortification range of 0.20-10.00 microg/g. This optimized, automated, and

> reproducible SEC method does not require further treatment or cleanup for

> trace determination of these organophosphorus pesticides.

>

> PMID: 11878617 [PubMed - in process]

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> Message: 3

> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:52:20 EST

> From: RLLIPSEY87@...

> Subject: Visit to Houston--April 18 and 19

>

> I will be in Houston April 18 and 19 and will have some time available

to

> discuss toxic tort litigation and chemical poisoning cases in the Houston

> area. Please let me know if you would like to meet.

>

> DR. RICHARD L. LIPSEY

> PROFESSOR AND TOXICOLOGIST

> UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA (OSHA)

> UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER-JAX

> (POISON CONTROL)

> <A HREF= " http://www.richardlipsey.com/ " >CV- Dr. R. Lipsey,

Toxicologist</A>

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> Message: 4

> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 23:23:07 -0000

> From: " hickey61570 " <hickey61570@...>

> Subject: please unsubscribe

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> Message: 5

> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 20:20:28 -0500

> From: bherk@...

> Subject: Bellmead church battling mold problem

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>

http://www.wacotrib.com/auto/feed/news/2002/03/31/1017633416.05426.6350.2606

> .html

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> Bellmead church battling mold problem

> By TERRI JO RYAN Tribune-Herald staff writer

>

> Some walls will come tumbling down this week at Bellmead First Baptist

> Church - moldy walls in a two-story multipurpose building that had to be

> abandoned in late November after mold spread throughout the structure,

> exposing the congregation to potential health problems.

>

> Church leaders believe the mold erupted after a major water leak last

fall,

> said Eddie on, the church's minister of music. He's been placed in

> charge of the recovery project by pastor Bruce Austin.

>

> A pipe that apparently burst under the building sometime in September was

> not discovered until a month later, when the water bill jumped from $300

to

> $2,500, on said. A perfect environment for rapid mold growth, the

> moistened masonry and other materials began to affect members, many of

whom

> complained of watery eyes, stinging noses, shortness of breath and

headaches

> from the bad odor, he said.

>

> Testing determined that the majority of the first floor and parts of the

> second were infested with mold, he said, and it was in the walls and

ceiling

> near the nursery in another building. After a thorough survey of the rest

of

> the property, the cleanup firm determined that the sanctuary was not

> affected, on said.

>

> The $800,000 multipurpose building, which was built in the early 1950s and

> renovated for $26,000 last year, now stands vacant, on said. It

> contains the kitchen, fellowship hall, library, chapel and classrooms -

all

> off-limits until the majority of the first floor is gutted by ARC

Abatement

> Inc., he said.

>

> All of the portable property, such as desks, tables and chairs, have been

> removed, treated and now sit in storage in the church's gym, on

said.

> If it weren't for the availability of the gym, the church would have to

pay

> rent to store the cleaned goods with the bio-remediation firm.

>

> The materials to be ripped out this week by ARC will be bagged and taken

to

> a landfill, on said.

>

> " We have had to make some temporary classroom changes, " he said. Some of

the

> bigger classrooms in the other education building not affected by the mold

> have been converted into small rooms for the children's classes. A men's

> Bible class has to meet in the choir room, for example, and the women's

> class meets in the bride's room.

>

> Couples who had reservations to use the social hall and kitchen have been

> given notice that they are not available now, on said.

>

> Ernesto , pastor of El Buen Pastor Missionary Baptist Church, which

> used the church's chapel in the multipurpose wing, said his flock has been

> moved to the second floor of the remaining education building and put into

a

> classroom. The ministry, which will mark its second anniversary on May 1,

> has 32 members, including almost 20 in Sunday school.

>

> The classroom they are in accommodates up to 50, said. But putting

> El Buen Pastor on the second floor means that some elderly members in the

> missionary congregation have been unable to attend classes because they

are

> unable to climb the stairs to get to them. said some are able to

> climb with the help of more able-bodied members.

>

> " We've just had to adapt to it, " he said. " First Baptist has been very

> supportive and helpful in every way. "

>

> According to the Centers for Disease Control, mold exposure has not been

> " definitively linked " to any illnesses, but common reactions include lung

> problems and memory loss. People with compromised immune systems seem to

be

> at a higher risk for contracting an infection, the CDC says. In addition,

> allergic symptoms and difficulty breathing are other common reactions to

> mold.

>

> A further complication is that the abatement company also discovered the

> building contains asbestos, which must be removed before the mold cleanup

is

> completed. The estimated bill is about $200,000.

>

> " The members of the church have taken all of this in stride and have made

> some sacrifices to make good out of a bad situation, " on said.

While

> not naming an exact timeline for re-entry and reuse of the building, he

> estimated it will be 12 to 18 months before the church can raise the

money,

> pay for the removal process and move back in.

>

> Terri Jo can be reached at tjryan@... or at 757-5746.

>

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> Message: 6

> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 20:22:59 -0500

> From: bherk@...

> Subject: Rash reports wane in Dennis

>

> http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/rashreports3.htm

>

> Rash reports wane in Dennis

> Wixon school officials say fewer than 10 students broke out with the

mystery

> ailment yesterday.

> By K.C. MYERS

> STAFF WRITER

>

> SOUTH DENNIS - The rash seems to be fading at the iel H. Wixon

Middle

> School.

>

> There were fewer than 10 new cases yesterday of the itchy affliction that

> has sent scores of children home in the past few days and remains a

mystery

> to health officials nationwide.

>

> That's not bad compared to Monday when several dozen were dismissed. Last

> Wednesday, 48 of the 725 students got the rash, prompting the school

> superintendent to close the building on Thursday to have the place

> thoroughly disinfected and tested for environmental toxins.

>

> Testing of the air, water, bacteria, mold, and mildew levels found nothing

> out of the ordinary.

>

> Therefore, Supt. Tony Pierantozzi has decided to keep the building open.

>

> Many parents continue to keep their children out of school. Monday more

than

> 100 students were absent. School principal Fitzsimmons reported a

> high-number of absentees yesterday as well in a press release.

>

> This rash has been reported in schools in 14 states nationwide since

> October. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has

> studied the outbreaks without finding any cause. In all cases, the rash

does

> go away in two weeks to two months, the CDC reported. It poses no serious

> health threat.

>

> " Not many kids got it in class today, " said Vendola, a

> seventh-grader.

>

> She said anyone with the rash was sent to the auditorium for the day to

stay

> isolated from the other students.

>

> " I agree with the superintendent's decision to keep school open, " said her

> mother, Janet Vendola. " If you keep them home, you miss so much work. It's

> so hard to catch up. "

>

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