RE: Courthouse cleaned up after OSHA inspection (Scarey!!)

February 20, 2006

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Tests of one basement office revealed the presence of Stachybotys

Chartarum, a potentially hazardous mold, in one sample but the mold

levels in the courthouse air are considered acceptable. The report

notes that mold growing in some moist areas, including ceiling

tiles, would only affect people's health with " very direct contact. "

" What was observed in the building, it is important to note, was not

airborne, " said. " To get exposure to it, you'd have to be in

direct contact with it. " And he says the Stachybotys Chartarum was

not in a spot where someone could be in direct contact with it.

" From what appears in the report, there is no imminent hazard, " he

said.County Engineer McLauchlin, who was trained as an environmental

engineer, said " You'd have to be physically disturbing it for it to

become airborne. "

KC I'm confused. Am I reading this correctly that there is no hazard having

a building with stachybotys chartarum unless one has direct contact with it?

If I am reading correctly, then we could all live in buildings with stachy

and as long as we don't " touch it " (or what is the definition of direct

contact?) then we would all be safe? If that's the case then why does my

body react when I enter a building with toxic mold unknown to me but my body

detects it?

Rosie

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