Naples school can't shake indoor air pollution sickness

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Naples school can't shake indoor air pollution sickness

NAPLES -- (EnviroWorld) -- Despite the detection and cleanup of a toxic mold

at East Naples Middle School, teachers are still complaining of illnesses

there and the school board has okayed additional environmental testing, the

Naples Daily News reported.

Thirty-five teachers have sought medical treatment for symptoms such as

headaches, dizziness, sore throats and watery eyes since the firm Apollo

Environmental removed traces of the mold Stachybotrys atra. The same mold

has also been found at two other Collier County schools. A report by

& Linders International recommended that $46,000 in additional

tests be conducted at East Naples. The school board hired that firm after

the local teachers union began considering legal action to obtain help for

the ill teachers.

Problems at the school trace back to 1994, when the school district began

shutting off air conditioners when schools were not in use.