Category Archives: Health – Medical – Science

Woman billed for rent after leaving moldy apartment – doctor cites mold reason for illness & hospitalization – code enforcement cited it for “unsanitary conditions” – management painted over “mildew”

Though a new management company dropped the claim, I wonder if the mold will be remediated or if a new tenant will move will be exposed to freshly painted over mold.  katy by TONY BURBECK / NewsChannel 36 April 14, 2010 … Continue reading

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How Senator Vitter Battled the EPA Over Formaldehyde’s Link to Cancer

by Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has pushed the EPA to slow its process of updating its 20-year-old health assessment of formaldehyde. After Hurricane Katrina, thousands of his state’s residents said they suffered respiratory problems after being housed … Continue reading

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Allegations Arise Of Threats Made By Top Fort Bliss Command – threats & intimidation if soldiers & families spoke out about black mold, lead paint & asbestos in housing

Daniel Novick-KFOX News April 14, 2010 EL PASO, Texas – As KFOX has extensively reported, some soldiers and their families have had to live in deplorable conditions at Fort Bliss, dealing with black mold, lead paint and asbestos affecting the … Continue reading

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Gulf Shores Renters Say Apartments Have Black Mold – Video

“Kristi Hoop says black mold is consuming her apartment, chewing away the walls and contaminating her bathroom.” Statement From Waterway Apartments “When a unit is rented, it is clean with fresh paint, clean appliances and free from any mildew, mold … Continue reading

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Jury Awards Former Pfizer Scientist $1.37 Million

By EDMUND H. MAHONY The Hartford Courant   April 2, 2010 HARTFORD — – A former Pfizer scientist who claims that she has been paralyzed by inadvertent exposure to a virus engineered at the pharmaceutical company’s laboratories in Groton was … Continue reading

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