Re: 2006 03-30 City Receives $2 Million Grant to Fight Asthma in Public Housing

October 5, 2006

I honeslty don't know how this slipped by me. I am appauld that here

we sit with no help on the issues with our indoor environmental

hazards with the toxins, etc. that are affecting us, where is the help

that we need..........Darlene

http://www.bphc.org/news/press_release_content.asp?id=315

October 6, 2006

Look on the bright side. There will now be many people looking through

the Public Housing, who are being paid, with this grant money, with the

job responsibility of reporting back what they see. The residents don't

usually report what they see[including mold]because they are afraid of

being labeled as " trouble makers " . Many of them are very delinquent in

their rent and are afraid that reporting mold might get them evicted.

The more people who see mold;the more the public will become aware of

our problem.

In addition to my toxic mold problem, of 7 years, I have had asthma

since the age of 9. I am now 63. Many years ago I got angry at the

large amounts of research money being spent on HIV/AIDS, while almost

nothing was being spent on asthma research. I thought that it was

unfair, for many reasons, considering the large number of asthmatics

compared with the relatively few HIV/AIDS patients. Those were the

years BEFORE large numbers of third-world people started dying from

AIDS.

We can learn something from the AIDS experience. Those who scream the

loudest, get heard. We can learn something from the Boston Asthma

Program also. That program is being funded by a grant from a large

corporation. If we ever expect to have money dedicated to help us with

OUR problem, it is OUR responsibility to join, or organize, a mold

association, which could write and submit grant proposals to large

corporations, for the purpose of research and treatment of OUR needs.

Does anyone know if such a toxic mold organization already exists?

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> I honeslty don't know how this slipped by me. I am appauld that here

> we sit with no help on the issues with our indoor environmental

> hazards with the toxins, etc. that are affecting us, where is the help

> that we need..........Darlene

>

> http://www.bphc.org/news/press_release_content.asp?id=315

>

October 6, 2006

Good Points here Joe. Yes, we need to be loud, we need to be heard.

We need to all be united in the efforts of helping our illnesses...be

heard....ENOUGH IS ENOUGH...get the stories to ABC, Letitia, and

whomever else in the public and private sectors...Silence is not

golden with our illnesses. They might as well call us all trouble

makers, we are trying to fight you might as well say the world, for

recognition, proper treatments, diagnosis, proper medications, proper

and accurate testing for our illnesses, trying to make all physicians

more aware, knowledgeable and not walking away from us or telling us

it is all in our heads.....if it were politicians, medical profession

in many areas, etc. that were ill from molds, toxins...they would shut

up, they would want results and action. Our doctor's are suppose to

be here to treat and recognise their patients needs, give proper

diagnosis, do all tests needed to help in the diagnosis and treatment,

they dont want to come right out and tell us yes they know what is

causing our illnesses because more so than not, they don't want to get

involved with mold illnesses and issues so this can be why many of us

see many different physicians...we get passed down the line. It is up

to us as individuals, and it is our right to stand up for ourselves

and when we cant get proper or correct diagnosis, we have to search

out the experts in the field and make the appointments. This is why I

make my own appointments now, I am not playing games with anyone

regarding my health, I push until they get it right. I am not trying

to put the medical field down by any means, after all I am a nurse not

that that matters...I just believe in seeking out the experts in the

field instead of going from physicain to physician that is not an

expert with mold, mycotoxins,toxins, fungi, bacteria, yeasts, etc.

illnesses. Darlene

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> > I honeslty don't know how this slipped by me. I am appauld that here

> > we sit with no help on the issues with our indoor environmental

> > hazards with the toxins, etc. that are affecting us, where is the help

> > that we need..........Darlene

> >

> > http://www.bphc.org/news/press_release_content.asp?id=315

> >

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October 8, 2006

I think we neerd a famous person to take up the cause and help raise funds for a

living facility in clean air for us to recover in.

darlenesb2000 <darlenesb2000@...> wrote: Good Points here Joe.

Yes, we need to be loud, we need to be heard.