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June 17, 2005 Mold Exposure Joins Leading Personal Injury Claims with $925,000 Award   Volume 1 Issue 163  
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Mold Exposure Joins Leading Personal Injury Claims with $925,000 Award
By: Business Wire

Mold exposure has jumped to the forefront of significant personal injury claims with a recent $925,000 award in Wayne County Circuit Court to an apartment resident.

The verdict, the highest ever in Michigan for personal injury damages resulting from mold exposure, could ultimately force a new standard of liability on property owners and landlords.
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Creating a Hostile Environment for Allergens
Preventing Exposure Is Key to Allergy Management
By: Judy Tidwell,Your Guide to Allergies

Allergy sufferers can take a major step toward improving their symptoms by making their homes hostile environments for allergens. Doctors say preventing allergens from concentrating in the home and eliminating those that get in are as important as medication for patients to effectively manage their illness.

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Toxic Mold: Is Your Home At Risk?
By: Kurt Aaron, WNEP.com

Could your house be making you sick? Could you be suffering from symptoms of toxic mold and not know?

One of Pennsylvania's leading experts on mold, Dr. Hernando Perez of Drexel University in Philadelphia has been studying the effects of mold on the human body for more then ten years.
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Brookfield Central Teachers Complain of Mold
They say it is causing health problems, despite tests finding no contamination
By: Lisa Sink, journalsentinel.com

Brookfield - At least two teachers at Brookfield Central High School have complained to School District administrators that mold may be causing them skin rashes and other health problems, and one science teacher took a medical leave to avoid her classroom.

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Day Cares Significant Source of Indoor Allergens
By: Red Nova.com

Researchers studying day care facilities in the South have found the facilities to be a significant source for indoor allergen levels. A new study of 89 day care settings in two central North Carolina counties found detectable levels of seven common allergens from fungus, cats, cockroaches, dogs, dust mites, and mice in each facility tested. The levels were similar to those found in Southern homes.
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Another Legionnaires' Case Confirmed
A hospital in southeast Norway reported another case of Legionnaires' Disease on Tuesday. Østfold Hospital said they had confirmed the disease in another patient who had been admitted with pneumonia-like symptoms.
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