A pet food recall is being expanded after more than 70 dogs die and another 80 fell sick. Midwestern Pet Food is expanding its recall of dog and cat food sold online by retailers nationwide as the FDA investigates potentially deadly levels of mold. The food was
Read more →Check your pantry. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced Hostess is voluntarily recalling certain Hostess Raspberry Zingers. The product may develop mold prior to the best by date. This recall applies to the following Raspberry Zinger products: Product Item
Read more →Mold has been a very contentious topic in the home insurance industry for decades. Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, the insurance industry altered the wording of home insurance policies to limit mold coverage after a spike in mold damage claims in conjunction with homeowners insurance water damage claims.
Read more →After its superintendent denied for months that there was evidence of mold in the elementary school, the Montague School District now faces fines of thousands of dollars per day if health and safety violations — including microbial contamination — aren’t remedied promptly. In an April 30 order
Read more →AUSTIN, Texas — For the past six months, Courtney Hamilton has been told by housing officials that it is safe for her family to return to their house at Fort Hood. The mold is gone, she said they’ve told her. Instead, Hamilton, her husband Sgt. 1st Class
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Jason Genrich’s 17-year Army career is under threat because of his health. It’s not because of injuries sustained on one of his four deployments — it’s because of mold growing in his military housing at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Genrich, a chief warrant officer 3, and
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If you discover a mold problem, there are certainly some things you shouldn’t do. To ensure a safe and efficient mold removal, contact professionals! If you suspect there’s mold in your home, you might be tempted to try and tackle it on your own, thinking that’s the
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The nature and characteristics of indoor mold is variable. Sometimes one sees indoor mold growth with the naked eye. However, it is hard to assess health and hygiene effects just by looking at it. Mold is ubiquitous in nature. Filamentous fungi often produce indoor mold in various
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Months after KENS 5 spotlighted the moldy infrastructure inside certain military housing at Randolph Air Force Base, a local law firm is taking action and filing suit against the company overseeing the housing in question. The lawsuit. filed Tuesday against Hunt Military Communities, alleges conditions that we observed for
Read more →Health officials are now investigating three possible cases of Legionnaires’ disease of patients who were treated at Mount Carmel East. Two of the patients are from Licking County and one is from Franklin County, according to a Columbus Public Health spokesman. According to a hospital spokesperson, two patients who
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