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January 17, 2007 Does Mold Remediation or Air Duct Cleaning Really Help?   Volume 1 Issue 253  
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Does Mold Remediation or Air Duct Cleaning Really Help?
by Ed Ziegler, Pure Air Control Services

Indoor Air Quality issues are rapidly becoming part of the general public’s consciousness through the mass media’s portrayal of proliferating toxic mold. Many Floridians, along with the rest of the nation are now discovering that non-qualified commercial mold remediation firms and residential duct cleaning services can be just as hazardous.
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Amid lawsuits over mold, experts wear 2 hats
by William M. Bulkeley, The Wall Street Journal

Soon after moving into a New York City apartment, Colin and Pamela Fraser say, they began to suffer headaches, rashes, respiratory infections and fatigue. They attributed it to mold.But their lawsuit against the cooperative that owns the building hit a roadblock when the court wouldn't let their medical expert testify that mold caused their problems.
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Nordic tourists acquire Legionnaires' disease in Thailand
by Helsingin Sanomat, International Edition- Foreign

The transfers of hundreds of Finnish tourists have begun from a hotel in Phuket to other accommodation, following an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the popular beach resort hotel. Two Finns, one Norwegian, and two Swedish tourists have fallen ill with pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria, after having stayed at the Phuket Grand Tropicana Hotel in Patong Beach, Phuket.
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Focus of lawsuits torched Frisco: Marshal says house fire deliberate; owners suing over mold
by Lauren D'Avolio, The Dallas Morning News

FRISCO – A vacant house in Frisco that burned last weekend in a fire that has been ruled suspicious was the subject of several lawsuits over toxic black mold, and its owners reportedly had plans to demolish it. The fire Saturday night at No. 3 Riva Ridge destroyed the home's second story, where fire officials found that accelerant had been poured around a playroom.
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Family wins mold case, after three years, health problems persist
by Valerie Olander, The Detroit News

MARION TOWNSHIP -- A family that bought a nearly $375,000 newly constructed home on a one-acre lot near Howell lived there for just 10 months before toxic mold forced them out. A poorly built roof allowed rain to seep into the walls and floors on all three levels of the home.
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Family Living on Lawn Faces Feb. 4 Eviction
by Alisha A. Pina, Journal Staff Writer, projo.com

EAST PROVIDENCE — Fungus, which typically is present in the environment, has invaded much of the Gagnon family’s Prescott Avenue home in a big way.More than 635,000 mold spores were recently collected in an air sample from the master bedroom. ail Hogan, of East Providence; councilman Bruce DiTraglia, Sharlene Damiani and homeowner Bob Gagnon don masks before entering Gagnon's home.
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