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An introductory guide to the study of moulds
(by Dr. David Malloch, U. of Toronto)
1997
An office Building Occupant's Guide To IAQ
Attack of the Black Mold
The latest environmental hazard in Dallas and the country is displacing homeowners, covering walls and pets, and making lawyers even richer. Welcome to the weird world of toxic mold.
Feds' MATC Probe Zeros In On Air Woes
MATC President Beverly Simone says the school welcomes the assistance of federal investigators in solving air quality problems at the Truax campus.
Experts taking issue with 'toxic mold'
The term "toxic mold" has become a buzz phrase among the news media, attorneys and mold cleanup and testing firms that profit from society's deepening concern over indoor mold and its potential health effects.
January 20, 2002 - Sacramento Bee
Floods / Flooding
Infosheets on IAQ Topics
IAQ in Large Buildings / Commercial Buildings
IAQ in Schools
Indoor Air Quality Report Detailed Building's Woes
A confidential indoor air quality report, issued nearly two years ago, details problems inside the City Hall satellite office where mold, asbestos and lead were discovered this month.
Indoor Air vs. Indoor Construction: A New Beginning
Indoor air concerns seem to haunt facility directors during construction projects. The future expansion or operation of any type of building is a complex process that leaves facility managers little time for unnecessary activities such as employee relations or mediation.
Is Your Office Killing You?
Everything was running perfectly that spring afternoon at the courtyard-style Best Western Springdale in the suburbs of Cincinnati. Room service was humming along at a reliable clip. The floral-patterned comforters were getting fluffed. Kids were splashing in the pool. Then, suddenly, General Manager Jim Crane got an emergency call about a leak that was turning Room 529 into a virtual waterfall. Within minutes, he and the hotel's burly engineer were ripping apart the room's walls. Inside, they found something out of a B-grade horror movie: a deathly smelling mold so gooey and hairy it seemed like it was breathing.
Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings
Mold Resources
Potential Health and Safety Implications of the Texas Department of Insurance's Restructing of Residential Property Insurance Policies
Recently, the TDI restructed all regulated residential insurance policies, including the most popular insurance plan purchased in Texas.
March 15, 2002 - Texas Institute for the Indoor Environment, The University of Texas at Austin
The EPA's Mold Resources page
Covers information on Introduction to Molds, Basic Mold Cleanup, Ten Things You Should Know About Mold, Mold-Related Publications and Resources, Asthma and Mold Floods/Flooding, Health and Mold, Homes and Mold, Indoor Air Regulations and Mold, Large Buildings and Mold, Schools and Mold and Indoor Air Quality, and Other Mold-Related Resources.
This month's fungus is Aspergillus
There is probably no other genus of fungi so useful to humans that is also so harmful to humans. Members of this genus produce many industrially useful enzymes, chemicals, and foods. Yet others produce deadly carcinogenic toxins, and some may even grow through a person's lungs as if it were a loaf of bread.