Re: Pull up your boots for this one

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/6/2006 4:46:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,

tigerpaw2c@... writes:

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/health/article.jsp?

content=20051216_111308_3172

Bardana article.

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[Guest guest]

Okay, by that logic, almost everything that happens to anybody has

'alternate explanations'.

Its not in the best interests of society to let business always have

its way, even when its clearly against the interests of real people..

because ultimately, it undermines the legitimacy of government.

[Guest guest]

Not that sleeze bag Bardana again! oh, I am getting

sick....

--- tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

>

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/health/article.jsp?

> content=20051216_111308_3172

>

> January 06, 2006

>

> Researchers dismiss toxic mould syndrome

>

> Review of cases shows almost all have alternative

> medical or

> psychiatric explanations

>

> The majority of people who think they're sick

> because of toxic mould

> actually have some other explanation for their

> illness, according to

> an Oregon study.

> A team led by Dr. Emil Bardana, professor of

> medicine at the Oregon

> Health and Science University in Portland, reviewed

> the cases of 50

> people who claimed compensation for toxic mould

> disease. In all

> cases there were alternative medical and/or

> psychiatric explanations

> for the claimed illnesses.

>

> Overall, the researchers found only two of the 50

> subjects even had

> evidence of mould-related allergic disease

> attributable to their

> home or workplace. Bardana says 17 complained of

> general symptoms

> that could not be linked to mould exposure. These

> included headache,

> irritability, cognitive impairment and fatigue.

>

> Moulds typically cited as causing health problems

> are Stachybotrys

> chartarum, Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium.

> Physical symptoms

> may include sleep deprivation, loss of appetite,

> fatigue, headaches,

> dizziness, vague aches and pains, and respiratory

> problems.

> Psychological and cognitive symptoms include

> irritability, panic,

> anxiety, poor concentration and confusion.

>

> However, Bardana says specific toxicity due to

> inhaled moulds has

> not been scientifically established by any published

> study.

>

> Fungi, including moulds, are spore-producing

> organisms that comprise

> approximately 25 per cent of the Earth's biomass and

> function as

> decomposers of organic material, says Dr.

> Weber, professor

> of medicine at the National Jewish Medical and

> Research Center in

> Denver. He says only about 80 of the 1.5 million

> species of fungi

> are known to provoke allergic reactions.

>

> " Indoor levels of airborne fungi are generally below

> outdoor levels

> of similar species in a well-constructed home

> without water damage.

> We have found 30 to 70 per cent of recovered indoor

> spores come from

> outside sources, " Weber says. " There are tons of

> moulds that we are

> exposed to every day in our homes and outside, and

> the question is

> what is an abnormal exposure. "

>

> Weber agrees many people attribute physical and

> psychological

> symptoms to mould exposure when the symptoms are

> actually being

> caused by other factors. He says misinformation by

> the media and

> even doctors may be contributing to this problem.

>

> " There are well-defined problems that people can get

> into with

> (mould) exposures, " Weber says. " However, are mould

> toxins as big a

> problem as we think they may be? The problem is we

> just don't know.

> There is not enough information and there are also

> not enough good

> ways of assessing the impact of some of these toxins

> on patients. "

>

> However, it is well-documented that sensitivity to

> fungi may be

> common in asthmatics. Increased outdoor fungal spore

> counts have

> been associated with increased asthma emergency room

> visits and

> hospitalizations.

>

> With files from The Medical Post.

>

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[Guest guest]

I can't pull up our boots high

enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sue for the smile and good laugh.I needed that.

KC

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