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September 25, 2006 Double Trouble: The Link between Allergies and Asthma   Volume 1 Issue 235  
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Double trouble: The link between Allergies and Asthma
by James T. Li, M.D Mayo Clinic


If you have both allergies and asthma, you may wonder what they have in common besides a maddening ability to make you miserable. A lot, as it turns out. Allergy induced asthma is the most common type of asthma in the United States; 60% of people with asthma have the allergic type. James T. Li, M.D., a Mayo Clinic allergy specialist answers your questions about the similarities and the differences between allergies and asthma.
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Employees say school's mold problem worse than acknowledged
by Erica Heatquist Reports, KVOA Tucson

Three employees of the Catalina Foothills School District are speaking out about a mold problem in some of its schools.District officials say it's a new problem but some employees tell News 4 that the mold was around long before this year's rainy season.
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Mold: A Serious and Frustrating Safety Issue for Employers and Business Owners
by Rachel L. Krinsky, Enviro News

In recent years, mold has become a serious and frustrating issue for businesses, schools and homeowners. An increasing number employers and business owners have been forced to face unanticipated environmental health and safety issues as a result of mold growth and infestation. In some cases, the fact that a problem exists may not manifest itself until mold growth is pervasive in the workplace. Employers and business owners may face a multitude of issues as a result of mold growth and contamination in commercial buildings, including: negative impacts on the health of employees; Sick Building Syndrome and other structural damage issues; the expense of investigation, environmental testing and/or remediation; legal pitfalls and litigation; and negative publicity.
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Mountain or a Mold-Hill ?
by Todd Baucher, WTAP

Wood County School officials tell us that, so far this year, there have been several calls from schools of what officials say are "air quality issues", or issues believed at first to be a problem with mold. While they say mold has not been found, the school's maintenence director says the problem has been the result of recent heavy rains.
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WHAT IS HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS?
by American Lung Association

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (also called allergic alveolitis) is a disease in which the air sacs (alveoli) of the lungs become inflamed when certain dusts are inhaled to which the person is sensitized or allergic.
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