Toxic Mold or Media Hype?

[Guest guest]

Dear Members: Please - let my phone stop ringing - the article from the

Oregonian is dated November and I didn't notice it until I logged onto Lexis

this past weekend and " caught up " on how the mold epidemic is spreading.

I have had several of you call offering money to Dan Sudakin if he wants to

come and sleep over in your moldy houses - just a little aspergillus and

stachy - " throw some bleach on it " and you will be fine. He will not be

allowed to wear a respirator or hazmat gear - he must breathe the moldy air,

preferably just before a storm passes through. Then, he will be qualified

to tell people about the health effects of mold. I don't believe he will

take anyone up on their kind offers, but to make it more inviting, we will

take up a collection - perhaps enough $$$$ will get his attention.

I spent most of the afternoon with a wonderful group of folks from west

Florida who were poisoned in their office. They have been making the rounds

of doctors (now don't we ALL know about that) trying to find out why they

are so ill and getting palmed off on worker's comp occ-med doctors (or at

least that is what they were told) who didn't know the first thing about why

they were so ill. Finally, they learned that there were several toxic molds

in their office - so severely contaminated it was that the doors were shut

immediately and everyone went home - jobless. After they left I received a

call from a woman in Oregon who was furious that she had to leave her home

in Oregon. Since she is vomiting and the IAQ report shows serious

contamination - she has to make the choice to stay and die - or get out and

try and recover. Thankfully, she has chosen to abandon ship.

Thanks for all the letters and phone calls and notes of encouragement. It

is exhausting but folks, we need to work harder - all of us, even those of

us who are too sick to get out of bed. Until the AMA gets off their dead

butts and gets the word out there, everyone who is being poisoned is going

through the same hell that we went through. Women are still having

stillborn babies die from mold exposure. Teachers and students are still

being poisoned. On this the day of national romantic love - I wish you all

health and happiness and I pray with all my heart that our plight will be

heard. Remember, all it takes for evil to thrive is for good men and women

to do nothing. Do something this week. Write someone and tell them -

download some articles from our archive and make up a workbook for your

doctor or a local pediatrician. Call your local newspaper and ask them to

write about the growing toxic mold menace. Educate a person while you are

waiting in line at the grocery store. Once they have what Oprah calls a

" light bulb moment " they will know the truth and seek our information. I

good friend of mine who is trying hard to make a difference in my community

says that we should " never give up. " Don't give up friends - they are

starting to listen.

Barbara