Try explaining to a 6-year-old boy that he can’t live with his mother because her apartment is ridden with mold. Shanica James has tried. But her son, Cafarie, a smart, high-spirited first-grader, just doesn’t understand. Shanica James in her apartment at Olympic Gardens in Brick. For the past
Read more →CARLINVILLE – Following years of mold troubles in one of its residence halls, Blackburn College administrators have decided to sue the company that installed its heating and air conditioning system, alleging that poor design triggered a dorm-wide mold outbreak. The lawsuit, which was filed in Macoupin County
Read more →PORTSMOUTH — A federal lawsuit, alleging faulty construction led to mold in apartments at the 100-unit Wamesit Place housing complex, is scheduled for a 2019 trial, while a defendant contractor now alleges “inadequate maintenance” caused the problem. The lawsuit was filed by Portsmouth attorney John Bosen, on
Read more →CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – A former Johnson C. Smith University employee claims the school fired her after she filed a workers’ compensation complaint due to contracting a mold-induced illness. According to a lawsuit, Christine Taylor, who was a full-time post officer manager at the university, said her and
Read more →Disneyland has shut down two bacteria-contaminated cooling towers after Orange County health officials discovered several cases of Legionnaires’ disease in people who had visited the Anaheim theme park, authorities said. Twelve cases of the bacteria-caused illness were discovered about three weeks ago among people who had spent time
Read more →Concerns over mold contamination have led the Monroe Township (N.J.) School District to close all of its schools for the remainder of this week. WPVI-TV reports that the schools—one high, one middle and four elementary—will be closed so inspections can be completed. The district has about 6,200 students. The announcement of the
Read more →Contracting firms that can demonstrate they are attempting to comply with a new federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration limit on silica dust levels in construction workplaces will have a 30-day grace period before they are hit with penalties. OSHA did begin enforcing the construction silica regulation
Read more →In Kashmere Gardens, a historically black neighborhood and one of this city’s poorest, the floodwaters have receded, but sorrow is on full display in the piles that line the street. Heaps of soggy carpet padding. Chunks of drywall. Splintered boards, broken dressers and moldering mattresses. A television.
Read more →Molds are part of our natural environment. They feed on dead organic matter in our yards, landfills, and even our homes. Molds are important because they help in the decomposition process. Turning carbon based materials into food that can be digested to create more mold. However,
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