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County housing prepares to fight mold – housing authority is sending two maintenance workers to Florida to become certified in mold inspection

November 13 No major problems have turned up, but two employees will get specialized training. By Steve Mocarsky Staff Writer As more people become aware of health problems associated with mold, officials with the Luzerne County Housing Authority have received … Continue reading

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Louisiana Housing Finance Agency – Letter: Affordable housing for work force

Nov 18, 2009  Prior to the summer of 2005, Louisiana suffered from a documented shortfall of affordable housing for her work force. The subsequent hurricanes of the past four years have exacerbated this shortage exponentially. The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency’s … Continue reading

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People Against Landlord Abuse & Tenent Exploitation (P.A’.L.A.N.T.E.) organizes against landlords in Harlem

By Eva Vallaincourt November 16, 2009 At the first awards luncheon for People Against Landlord Abuse and Tenant Exploitation—a local tenants right organization—the directors spoke of their growing programs to protect residents of Harlem, along with an upcoming party, which will … Continue reading

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New Paper – The biocontaminants and complexity of damp indoor spaces: more than what meets the eyes – Jack D Thrasher & Sandra Crawley

“Just wanted to let everyone know that Dr. Thrasher’s latest work was just published and he has given me permission to share it with you all. Both he and his colleague Sandra Crawley put together basically an encyclopedia of the … Continue reading

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International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) confirms link between formaldehyde and leukemia

Jennifer Sass Senior Scientist Washington, D.C. NRDC November 4, 2009 I won’t bury the lead: last week the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the most prestigious international body for cancer assessment in the world, determined that sufficient evidence exists … Continue reading

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