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Suit
claims DIA exposes travelers, employees to mold
Local United Airlines employees and travelers are plaintiffs in a
lawsuit filed against Denver International Airport July 31 in Denver
District Court claiming they have been exposed to unsafe mold and fungi at
the airport since 1995. The suit was filed by the Childress & Zdeb, Ld of
Chicago, one of the nation's leading mold litigation firms, and Fognani
Guibord & Homsy, of Denver, one of the national premier environmental law
firms, on behalf of travelers and United employees.
Denver Business Journal,
July 31, 2003
She's baaaaack...Betty
Cox returns with law degree to fight toxic mold in schools
A
school secretary is suing the Rapides Parish School Board with the help of
former school superintendent Betty Cox.
Cox, now a Baton Rouge lawyer, is representing Peggy Bergeron in her lawsuit
that claims toxic mold in her office at the Rapides
Motivational Center made her ill.
By
Emily Peters,
The Town Talk,
Alexandria, Louisiana,
July 30, 2003
Mold stinks up DIA
Reports since 1996
describe persistent trouble with fungi.
At least six investigations at Denver International
Airport since 1996 have found water leaks and mold growth in basement areas,
and de-icing fluid stinking up the swank Red Carpet Club lounge.
In one case,
federal inspectors found that fungi contamination remained in basement
office areas three years after the airport was notified about it.
By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News,
July 28, 2003
EPA Orders 'STOP SALE' of unregistered pesticide product
purporting to control toxic mold
On July 9, the U.
S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered ParPac Inc. of Swanzey, N.H. to
stop selling its unregistered pesticide "Dry Pac Wall SystemTM," which
the company claims con fungus and toxic molds such as Stachybotrys, also
known as Black Mold. The stop sale order further requires Par Pac Inc. to
remove all pesticide claims from their advertising and labeling and to
notify EPA of the steps they have taken to do so within 30 days.
By John Millett,
millett.john@epa.gov, July 23,
2003
St. Charles mold lawsuit won't involve teachers
Teachers who worked at St. Charles East High School and claim they became
ill from mold at the school won't be able to be part of a lawsuit against
the district.
By
Alicia Fabbre, Daily Herald Staff Writer, Daily Herald, suburban Chicago,
Illinois Newspaper,
July 23, 2003
School Board may OK contract to clean up
schools’ mold
BROWNSVILLE — Students at Aiken and Besteiro schools will begin the
school year in temporary classrooms, but the Brownsville school board hopes
today’s meeting . . . approve a $8 million-plus contract fee
to a mold remediation company to clean up Aiken Elementary and Besteiro
Middle School.
By Criselda Valdez,
The Brownsville Herald, Brownsville, Texas, July 23, 2003
Mold in Home May
Mean Baby Breathing Problems
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High fungus levels in the home can cause
breathing problems, even
pneumonia, for infants, new research suggests. Dampness in the basement or other
rooms is known to cause breathing problems for children and young adults.
The new findings suggest that this may be due to the presence of fungi,
which thrive in damp locations.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, July
21, 2003
Insurance commissioner OKs
exclusion of mold claims
BALTIMORE -- Insurers can exclude mold damage claims from their policies,
the state's insurance commissioner ruled. The decision by Alfred W. Redmer Jr., the state's new insurance
commissioner, reversed a March ruling by then-Commissioner Steven B. Larsen.
By Associated Press, July 14, 2003
Council approves $250,000 to
house Cinema 21 families
PASADENA -- The City Council voted Monday night to spend an extra
$250,000 on hotel stays for 22 families evacuated from the Cinema 21
apartment building three months ago. Only 11 of the families who were forced out of the building after
inspectors discovered toxic mold have found new apartments, said Frank
Clark, executive director of the Ecumenical Council of Pasadena Area
Churches.
By Gene Maddaus,
Staff Writer, Pasadena Star News, July
14, 2003
Insurers
may exclude mold claims
Insurance companies may exclude mold damage claims from their Maryland
policies, Alfred W. Redmer Jr., the state's new insurance commissioner, has
ruled.
By Trif Alatzas,
Sun Staff,
July 3,
2003
Woes mounting at Denver airport
DENVER -- Grumbling airlines. Angry passengers
stuck in security lines. Questions over contracts for concessionaires. A
lawsuit over mold and sewage.
By Catherine Tsai, Associated Press writer
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