questions regarding mold

[Guest guest]

Sharon N. Kramer has referred me to your group to ask some questions

that I have about mold. I am an asthmatic who has been sickened by

Aspergillus and Stachybotrys at work. If you know the answers to

these questions, please email them to me:

1. Will aflatoxins from Aspergillus fluoresce with an ultraviolet

light which is manufactured for detection of pet urine stains?

2. Is this a conclusive method to speciate the mold?

3. Do mycotoxins from Stachybotrys fluoresce? If so, what color?

4. Can mold spores be transmitted from your workplace to your home

on your shoes or clothing?

5. Can sewer flies transmit mold spores?

6. What type of doctor should I go to for treatment? My primary

physician, ENT, and allergist do not know much about mold. They all

just advise me to get out of the basement office that I work in.

That's not that simple.

If you do not know the answers, could you possibly direct me to

someone who would?

I work in a local government building which has had visible

Stachybotrys and Aspergillus mold growth since July 2004.

Unfortunately we did not ask the union to have it tested until June

of 2005, almost a full year later, so it is spreading. The union

does not want to spend the additional approximate $8,000 to have it

speciated. The Public Works Department has ranged from at first

saying it was not mold, to then saying it was not " bad mold " , to

admitting it is Stachybotrys and Aspergillus but that it's not too

much mold,and to them it is not a health hazard........

I'm sure you've heard these frustrating stories before, but I'm

fighting for my health and that of my coworkers.

Thank you for any information you can share with me.