Is OSHA part of the solution?

[Guest guest]

The same goes for some state health departments. They all don't play

by the same rules in different states. Why? Some people or employers

have had great results with OSHA or health departments and their

response was immediate and their concerns were addressed properly.

When these agencies are contacted you get a hold of the

receptionist/secretary, starting with a few questions and you seem

to receive (at times) somewhat educated responses. This can continue

right down to the agency appearing on the job and doing a complete

inspection. When at other times (like answers that I have

received), " so what the hell do you want us to do about it? " Or, " we

don't handle that. We don't have anything to do with the indoor

environment, call your local health department. Call your doctor.

Call the EPA. " Bottomline, call anybody but us.

If this is the case with OSHA and they don't know what their job is,

why are we wasting taxpayer money?

This reminds me of a story that took place a couple of years ago of

a very close friend that lived in central Florida and an exbosses

wife. She had lost her husband a couple of years prior to this and

was raising her son on her own, shortly after that we moved out of

the area.

We lost touch with each other for about 5 years and then I finally

reconnected and I started explaining to her what we were dealing

with concerning mold and my wife's place of employment and that

effects that it has had. Her first comment was she didn't believe

it, because the volunteer work that she did for the Orlando Soccer

Associations main building flooded every time it rained. She said we

have mold and water in our buiding and we're not sick. The can't be

attitude. As far as she was aware. When it rained ceiling tiles

would fall, thay would catch the water in buckets and at times there

could be several inches of water in the building that they would be

walking through.

She WAS a very strong, healthy, outgoing, on the move constantly.

After that first phone call we hadn't spoke for several months and I

finally connected with her mother and son. It was a phone call that

I was not prepared for, she had recently been diagnosed with ALS and

was confined to a wheelchair and health wad diminishing rapidly. She

was being trasported to another hospital and sorry to say she didn't

make it. I was devastated of course. Was her death related to mold

exposure? In my mind yes. What else am I supposed to think. I had

suggested to her son, who wanted the truth, during autopsy what

samples to take, tissue, blood, etc. and who to send them to for

testing. And lo and behold every sample never made it.

But mold can't hurt you huh?!!!

KC