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Organizing your community to bring public attention to builder’s bad deeds and seeking assistance from local, state and federal elected officials has proven to be more effective and much quicker for thousands of families. You do have choices and alternatives.  Janet Ahmad

The IEQ Review - Mold Update
Saturday, 04 November 2006

Toxic mold comp suit can go forward, court rules
SAN FRANCISCO—An injured employee has been allowed to proceed with a lawsuit alleging that Costco Wholesale Corp. fraudulently concealed information about the presence of toxic mold on its property, a California appeals court has ruled.

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  Toxic mold comp suit can go forward, court rules
by Roberto Ceniceros, Business Insurance, October 16, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO—An injured employee has been allowed to proceed with a lawsuit alleging that Costco Wholesale Corp. fraudulently concealed information about the presence of toxic mold on its property, a California appeals court has ruled.
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  Mold: Can It Make You Sick?
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The Meniketti's of Livermore seem like a typical suburban family. Mom and dad and the boys go to their mailbox every day, but they're actually living in a nearby hotel. They say they can't go in their house -- that something inside was nearly killing them.

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  Students say dorms infested with mold
by Thomasi McDonald, The News and Observer staff writer, October 16,2006

RALEIGH — About 125 St. Augustine’s College students marched to the State Capitol on today to protest what they described as mold in their dorm rooms, invasions of their privacy and an unsafe campus environment.
School officials said today that the dorms have not been infested with mold. But one student leader said several students complained of illness because of black mold in their rooms.
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  Pioneering Danish researcher P. Ole Fanger dies while visiting Syracuse
by The Associated Press , International Herald Tribune / Americas

P. Ole Fanger, a Danish researcher considered the world's leading expert on the effect of indoor air quality on humans, died this week while visiting Syracuse University, where he was a visiting scholar. Fanger was 72. Fanger died Monday night at Crouse Hospital after he had been admitted earlier in the day complaining of back pain. A senior professor at the International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy at the Technical University of Denmark, Fanger died from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, said Ed Bogucz, executive director of the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems. Bogucz said he had been in communication with Fanger's two daughters in Denmark.
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  Mold getting a costly hold on homes
by Rochelle Sharpe, USA TODAY

When Beverly Hammond discovered black and green mold growing in her hall closet last fall, she wanted her family to evacuate the house immediately.She suspected the gooey fungus was causing her husband's frequent nosebleeds and her 16-year-old daughter's sudden memory loss. Toxic mold can cause such symptoms, she knew, but she had no idea where her family of four could move.
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