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Okay, for all my fans -- thanks for the e-mails, and I am getting caught up. Check out the "For Fun" section -- it's a hysterical poke at attorneys -- and a good reminder to me to make liberal use of plain English and a good editing pencil.

This week's photo is a Vascular Plant Microphoto 2004-021, scanned microphotograph, image size = 34 x 21 cm, aspect ratio = 1:1.618 from the the Doug Craft Fine Art website (www.dougcraftfineart.com). It doesn't have anything to do with mold, but it's beautiful.

Hot tips on mold? Please let me know. Send information to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , Cynthia Coulter Mulvihihll, Esq Hyde Mulvihill APC 216 W. Foothill Boulevard Monrovia CA 91016.

"I've been in a lot of bad mold-contaminated areas. This was the worst situation for wood rot that I had ever seen," Susan Naschert testified Friday in a trial over allegations that the home's previous owner and a Realtor concealed its condition from a couple who bought it in July 1999.

Click here for Mold Follow-Up: Inspector: Mold and rot worst she's seen - Jury will hear closing arguments Monday (Peoria Journal Star, IL - Apr 24, 2005)

More than two million consumers are included in the class, and may receive repair reimbursements, replacement costs up to $500, and/or washing machine purchase certificates up to $1000

Click here for Clothes Washer Mold Follow-Up: Maytag Settles Neptune Washer Lawsuit (Consumer Affairs - Apr 19, 2005)

Claude Taylor, a plumber who worked at the apartment complex for more than a year, also is listed as a plaintiff and class representative. Manning and Taylor are represented by Lanny Darr of Alton and Scott Morgan of Chicago.

Click here for: Moldy conditions at apartment subject of new class action (Madison County Record, IL - Apr 19, 2005)

Determining if mold in your home is causing a health problem is tricky business. There aren't any legal or medical standards to determine if the type and amount of mold in a particular building is a health hazard.

Click here for: HEALTHY OUTLOOK Advice on dealing with problems with mold (Contra Costa Times, CA - Apr 21, 2005)

But right away there were problems. No stairs on the second-storey back porch, so she had to walk around from the front of her house to get to the backyard. That was just the beginning.

Click here for: Ontario, Canada's Provincial Home Warranty Program Not Working (Canadian TV News, Canada - Apr 23, 2005)

Trade & Generic Names & General Features Formerly L-743,872 and MK-0991, caspofungin is a polypeptide antifungal related to pneumocandin B0. It is a glucan synthesis inhibitor of the echinocandin structural class. It is manufactured by Merck Research Laboratories and its trade name is Cancidas (TM).

Click here for Mold Education: Antifungal Drugs - Glucan Synthesis Inhibitors

"There's a lot of unexplained rashes, frequent nose bleeds,' described Brookhill parent Leah Stephens.

Click here for School Mold: Parents Worried Mold Taking Over Athens School (WAFF, AL - Apr 21, 2005)

They were waiting at the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach. No one told them that the courthouse at 701 Clematis St. had been closed and the sentencing had been moved to Fort Lauderdale.

Click here for Court Mold Follow-Up: Mold cleanup delay takes toll on federal court (Palm Beach Post, FL - Apr 21, 2005)

According to Hamid, the model will give consumers and state regulators an opportunity to see how various assumptions about hurricane risk and possible losses can be factored into setting insurance rates. They say information provided by the model will provide the state with ammunition against requests for larger rate increases.

Click here for: Mold & Insurance: Public Hurricane Model to be Unveiled; Insurers Question its Reliability (Insurance Journal - Apr 25, 2005)

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