Latest Mold health issues Stories

GAINESVILLE, Fla., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading forensic expert on building envelope, water intrusion, toxic mold, and Chinese drywall, Spiderman S. Mulholland, senior forensic investigator and national consultant with US Building Consultants and US Building Laboratories Inc., is issuing a warning to those conducting remediation on homes and buildings across states including Florida. It should be noted that remediation protocols have not been established, and cross-contamination is...

NEWARK, N.J., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioNeutral Group, Inc. ("BioNeutral") (OTC Bulletin Board: BONU), a chemical technology-based Life Science company announced today that independent laboratory testing performed by ATS Labs shows that Aspergillus Niger mold spores are completely eliminated by the Company's Ygiene(TM) Hospital Grade antimicrobial in record time. ATS Labs, using the EPA required Fungicidal Use Dilution test, showed that approximately 2.5 million Aspergillus Niger...

A Vancouver, Canada, official is calling for an investigation into allegations the city's Olympic Village could become infested with toxic mold. Councilor Raymond Louie says unwrapped water pipes in the housing development are a prime candidate for creating mildew and mold that could be harmful to the international athletes who will be living there in less than a year. Canwest News Service reported Monday the concerns were first raised by union construction workers who said the fast pace of...

GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading forensic expert on building envelope water intrusion and toxic mold, Spiderman Mulholland, and his forensic division at U.S. Building Consultants, Inc. has determined that air sampling is not an effective method for determining the presence of toxic Chinese drywall corrosions. Although air sampling may indicate some levels of sulfur compounds in homes, the measuring tool is unreliable unless it is used as an aid to a more conclusive...

GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the leading forensic experts on building envelope water intrusion and toxic mold, Spiderman Mulholland, is joining forces with a network of professionals to combat the Toxic Chinese Drywall issues facing the United States today. Collaborating with top toxicologists, chemists, material and building scientists, forensic investigators, remediation and construction specialists and individuals with laboratory and inspection expertise is essential...

GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Spiderman Mulholland, one of the country's leading forensic experts on building envelope water intrusion and toxic mold, is conducting investigations and working with environmental organizations and legal experts regarding the Chinese drywall issues that have impacted homes and buildings in more than 41 states. "The evidence we have uncovered to date points to sulfur emissions that corrode wires, air conditioners, electrical appliances and metal...

Flooding from Hurricane Katrina caused fungus expert Joan Bennett to believe in so-called toxic mold. The black goo had caused her New Orleans home to smell terrible, and it was then she decided to change her research focus and find out if the fungi that took over most of the flooded homes on the Gulf Coast might make people ill."The overwhelming obnoxiousness of the odor and of the enveloping air made me start to believe in something that I had never believed in before -- sick building...

By Stevenson, Jaclyn C It's called stachybotrys, and by some accounts, it's the stuff of horror movies. Dubbed 'toxic,' 'black,' or 'killer' mold, stachybotrys has been the subject of frightening news reports concerning deathly ill children, businessmen with major memory loss, and families fleeing their homes with nothing but the clothes on their backs after discovering the greenish-black substance in their walls or floors. Bruce Tease, senior environmental scientist with Environmental...

By Clementine Wallace NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Illnesses resulting from mold-exposure are common and important, but a lot of what's currently being blamed on mold exposure is not supported by good medical evidence, researchers assert. "There are misconceptions in the public concerning the dangers associated with mold exposure -- unproven assertions that often end up soliciting litigations," Dr. Robert Wood, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, told Reuters...

By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mold and dampness can cause coughing and wheezing, but there is little evidence to support the existence of the so-called toxic mold syndrome, according to a report by researchers at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. Toxic mold syndrome -- illnesses caused specifically by exposure to mold -- continues to cause public concern despite a lack of evidence that supports its existence, researchers explain in the September issue...