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September 6, 2006 Home Dampness and Molds, Parental Atopy, and Asthma in Childhood: A Six-Year Population-based Cohort Study   Volume 1 Issue 232  
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Home Dampness and Molds, Parental Atopy, and Asthma in Childhood: a Six-year Population-based Cohort Study
by Environmental Health Perspectives

1Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 2Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 3Department of Health Care Administration, Diwan College of Management, Tainan, Taiwan
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Mold: Can It Make You Sick?
by KTVU.com

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.

Donelle Meniketti says, "All of us had been sick, we didn't know exactly what was going on, I didn't have any feeling in these six fingers, I was having a lot of trouble with dizziness."
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Microfungal Contamination of Damp Buildings--Examples of Risk Constructions and Risk Materials
by Environmental Health Perspectives

To elucidate problems with microfungal infestation in indoor environments, a multidisciplinary collaborative pilot study, supported by a grant from the Danish Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, was performed on 72 mold-infected building materials from 23 buildings. Water leakage through roofs, rising damp, and defective plumbing installations were the main reasons for water damage with subsequent infestation of molds. From a score system assessing the bioavailability of the building materials, products most vulnerable to mold attacks were water damaged, aged organic materials containing cellulose, such as wooden materials, jute, wallpaper, and cardboard...
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Mold Found In Two Duke Dormitories
by nbc17.com

DURHAM, N.C. -- Officials at Duke University said two dormitories will be treated for mold next week.
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Mold spores sprouting at MU library
by TERRY GANEY of the Tribune’s staff

Mold spores have damaged books in the temporary basement location of the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Journalism School Library, and access has been restricted because of health concerns.

Christian Basi, a spokesman for the MU, said the library staff discovered mold growing "on a lot of books" about 10 days ago. It’s unclear at this point the extent of the damage and whether any books would have to be replaced or destroyed, Basi said.
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Mold and Mildew are both symptoms of what biota?

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