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October 26, 2005 Hurricane Katrina: A ‘Perfect Storm’ For Mold Litigation   Volume 1 Issue 180  
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Hurricane Katrina: A ‘Perfect Storm’ For Mold Litigation
By: Alexander Robertson, IV, MEALEY’S LITIGATION REPORT: Mold Vol. 5, #11

Although damage estimates are still preliminary, Hurricane Katrina is already the most costly insured loss from a single event in U.S. history, eclipsing both Hurricane Andrew (1992) and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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Three More Seniors Dead
By: Edmonton Sun, Toronto

Three more people have died from an outbreak of legionnaires' disease that investigators confirmed yesterday originated in the cooling tower of a Toronto nursing home.
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The Mold Menace - Moist Conditions Can Cause Problem
By: Karen Maserjian Shan, For the Poughkeepsie Journal, October 21, 2005

For years, VeNona Berglund suffered with migraine headaches, itching on her face and body and diarrhea. Her doctor gave her anti-fungal medicines to combat the illnesses and she restricted her diet.
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Acute Inflammatory Responses To Stachybotrys Chartarum In The Lungs Of Infant Rats: Time Course And Possible Mechanisms
By: Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health, Case Western Reserve Uni

Stachybotrys chartarum has been linked to building-related respiratory problems including pulmonary hemorrhage in infants. The macrocyclic trichothecenes produced by S. chartarum have been the primary focus of many investigations.
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Resource On Toxic Mold-Related Ills Granted Swift IRS Non-Profit Status
By: PRWEB, October 19, 2005

The Internal Revenue Service officially granted expedited approval of 501(c)(3) non-profit status on September 5, 2005 for the Fungal Disease Resource Center (FDRC).
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Mold Not Covered
By: Bobbie Sage, About.com, Friday, Oct 21, 2005

In July of 2002, homeowners in Broward County, FL, complained to their insurance commissioner that mold in their homes was making them sick and their insurance agents were refusing to pay.
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Experts Cite Disaster Health Risks
By: HEATHER MOYER, WASHINGTON, D.C., October 21, 2005

The environmental health impact of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina is serious and communities should be prepared, said speakers at an Institute of Medicine conference Thursday.
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New Orleans Home Market Uncertain
By: Kevin Krolicki , Reuters, Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:23 AM ET

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The real estate market in storm-ravaged New Orleans comes to a dead-end in a vast hall in the battered Convention Center, where 60,000 volumes that detail a century of mortgages are piled thigh deep.
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Penicillin was accidentally discovered on a mold-contaminated culture plate of bacteria by…?

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