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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.
Beware the mold stachybotrys
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan (CNN)-- Deloris Griffin's 14-month-old granddaughter, Mikala, used to run freely through her house, but lately she has developed breathing problems.
CDC Study of Acute Pulmonary Hemorrhage/Hemosiderosis in Infants
March 14, 2000
Fungus found in state office building in North Las Vegas
The presence of a fungus that causes cold-like symptoms and headaches in sensitive people was confirmed Thursday at a state employment office in North Las Vegas.
Health and immunology study following exposure to toxigenic fungi (Stachybotrys chartarum) in a water-damaged office environment
August 25, 1997
Home invasion
Most people aren't bothered by the thought of mold until they discover it's living and breeding inside their home.
Homeowners say fungus makes them sick
Retirees Ana and Florentino Garcia bought a brand-new condominium in Robert Jones Co.'s Echo Glenn complex, 6480 Annie Oakley Drive, a year and a half ago.
HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT
Recently, we learned that our office building is contaminated with a toxic mold called stachybotrys. A local doctor noted a cluster of illnesses among our employees like asthma; chronic sinus infections; chronic fatigue; fibromyalgia; migraine headaches; and brain and breast cancer.
PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE
Over the past several years, there have been a number of young infants (most under 6 months old), in the eastern neighborhoods of Cleveland, who have been coughing up blood due to bleeding in their lungs. Some infants have died and more infants continue to to get ill. This bleeding, a disorder called Pulmonary Hemorrhage appears to be caused by something in their home environments, most likely toxins produced by an unusual fungus called Stachybotrys chartarum or similar fungi.