Mold News
Mold More Than a Nuisance – It Can Be Hazardous
Written by NWREporter
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A study of 10,000 homes across the U.S. by Harvard University found half the homes it examined had mold damage. In an article published by the American Bar Association, legal experts predicted litigation claiming mold-related damages will proliferate and surpass asbestos in the magnitude of claims against manufacturers, owners and insurers, even though medical science is unclear about a significant link between toxic mold and serious health risks.
Microbe Guard protects against mold
Written by Ken Francis - Clearwater, MN Tribune
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Ask any home builder or insurance agent and they'll tell you that it's one of the biggest, most costly problems with new homes. A recent Harvard University study of 10,000 homes across the U.S. found half had mold damage. A 1999 Mayo Clinic study cited that mold as the cause for nearly all the chronic sinus infections afflicting 37 million Americans. The insurance industry paid more than $3 billion in mold claims in 2002 and more than $9 billion in 2003. Beginning in spring, 2004, the insurance industry nationwide began excluding mold coverage from all homeowner and builder general liability policies.
Why is mold such a problem?
"Building codes have changed. Houses used to be able to breathe, but now they're sealed up tight," says Luke Stewart, Operations Specialist at Microbe Guard of Clearwater. "Now when you have mold it's not because the house wasn't built right. It's just the way the codes are. "Stewart has been dealing with and conquering the mold problems for the last three years using Microbe Guard, an antimicrobial product used to prevent mold, bacteria and fungus growth.
Former "Parade" home now family's nightmare
Written by Debbie Gebolys-THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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A block away from New Albany Country Club in a Parade of Homes showplace house, something was wrong.
Andrew and Michelle Hunt came down with asthma. Their two boys were getting sinus infections. Michelle felt burning in her sinuses. And for a year and a half or longer, she lost her voice.
They couldn't see anything but they could smell it - an odor so strong in an upstairs bedroom that Michelle said it brushed her back from the doorway.
Then the dog died.
The county has since reappraised the house the Hunts bought for $690,000: ItÔøΩs worth $200.
Mold, they say, ruined their health and everything they owned.
$13 million from lumberyard brings Calif. mold settlement to $22.6 million
Written by Susan Lillard-Roberts
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Los Angeles, CA -Last week, a California family agreed to a $13 million settlement from a lumber company in mid-trial to complete a $22.6 million settlement with their homes contractors and suppliers over mold exposure. The family sustained severe health complications and it also caused one of their children to sustain severe brain injuries.
The Gorman family suffered respiratory and sinus problems shortly after moving into a new $1.9 million home in Manhattan Beach, in 1999. They stayed in the home for two years before moving because of deteriorating health problems, including brain lesions and cysts suffered by Kellen Gorman, now age 5, which were revealed in an MRI taken when the child was 3-1/2. An MRI taken when the child was 1-1/2 was normal. Other family members complained of numerous health problems, including cognitive difficulties, such as memory loss, which are often associated with fungal exposure.
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