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September 23, 2005 Bacteria Biggest N.O. Water Problem, Mold Next   Volume 1 Issue 176  
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Dr. Sue Bailey talks about the results of the latest water tests New Orleans
By: MSNBC.com

Officials in New Orleans released new information on the latest testing results from the New Orleans floodwaters on Wednesday, and there were few surprises. According to Mike McDaniel of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, what they're seeing is what they expected.
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Lawsuits Abound in Mississippi in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
Mississippi’s Attorney General and a Mississippi lawyer launch litigation against several major insurance companies

Mississippi attorney Richard F. Scruggs said he will launch a class action lawsuit on behalf of Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast residents against State Farm, Allstate, Nationwide and other property casualty insurance companies.
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Hurricane Katrina Information
Environmental Health Needs and Habitability Assessment
By: CDC Joint Taskforce

We are committed to working with the mayor and city officials and other federal, state, and local agencies and relief organizations to bringing back the great city of New Orleans. The Mayor of New Orleans has announced plans to reopen parts of the City to businesses and residents.
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Antibodies Against Stachybotrys Chartarum Extract and its Antigenic Components, Stachyhemolysin and Stachyrase-A: a New Clinical Biomarker
By: A. Vojdani, Immunosciences Lab, Inc.

IgG and IgE antibodies against Stachybotrys extract have been reported in allergic patients and residents of water-damaged buildings. Detection of these antibodies in blood was partially attributed to cross-reacting proteins from other fungi.
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Gulf Coast Now Wades Through A Moldy Mess
By: Karen Barrow, Healthology

Now that the flood waters have begun to recede in the Gulf Coast, the few returning families are being greeted by a sign of life they definitely didn't want to find—bluish-black mold everywhere.
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Learning the Hard Way: The Poor Environment of America's Schools
By: Julie Wakefield

Teachers at a Fairfield, Connecticut, grade school used to joke about working under tropical rain forest conditions. Built on wetlands, McKinley Elementary had suffered chronic leaky ceilings and soggy carpets since the early 1990s, problems that outstripped the pace of attempted repairs. But the mold that kept colonizing the school's walls and corridors proved no laughing matter.
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Officials Work To Quell Condemned Rumors
By: Tracy Dash

Denise Moore heard rumors that her apartment complex on Three Rivers Road in Gulfport was going to be condemned after Hurricane Katrina damaged much of the property. She said apartment managers for The Reserve were nowhere to found, so she decided to get their attention the old-fashioned way, putting a giant, bright orange sign in front of the property asking, "where are the managers?"
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