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Mold Sampling Strategies in the Indoor Environment
Molds release thousands of microscopic cells called "spores", which are lightweight, easily airborne and spread to surrounding areas through the air. | |
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Tampa, Fl -- Molds are fungi that can be found both outdoors and indoors. They grow best in warm, damp and humid conditions. If you have damp or wet spots in your house, you will probably get mold. Mold can cause health problems. Inhaling or touching mold or mold spores may cause allergic reactions or asthma attacks in sensitive people. It can cause fungal infections. In addition, mold exposure may irritate your eyes, skin, nose, throat and lungs..
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More than 100 people on board a cruise ship operated by a unit of Carnival Corp have fallen ill with a stomach virus, the latest setback facing the world's biggest cruise company, which came under scrutiny last month for the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster in Italy.
Ninety passengers and 13 crew members on the Ruby Princess cruise ship contracted the Norovirus, a contagious gastrointestinal illness that causes vomiting and diarrhoea for one to three days...
...from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 29 to the Caribbean and returned to Florida on Sunday, as scheduled. Another Carnival ship, the Crown Princess, was affected by the same virus last week...
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| Legionnaires Disease Confirmed at NY Hotel | |
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ALBANY, NY - New York health officials confirmed Thursday that six (6) cases of Legionnaire's disease have been linked to the upscale Best Western Sovereign Hotel in Albany, NY. Tests confirmed Monday that higher than normal levels of legionnella bacteria were present in the hotel's water system.
According to the health department the guests who became ill stayed at the hotel between September and December.
Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia. It is usually caused by breathing in the mist from hot tubs, showers or air conditioning units contaminated by legionella. Symptoms include fever, chills, muscle aches and a high fever. It usually develops 2 to 14 days after exposure.
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| Woman Sues Hotel Claiming Toxic Mold Made Her Sick | |
by John Suayan, Galveston Bureau
GALVESTON - Friendswood resident Stacy Johnson is suing Park Management Group and Sun Suites Interests alleging she was sickened by toxic mold in a hotel room.
Johnson's lawsuit, filed Feb. 1 in Galveston County Court at Law No. 1, alleges the plaintiff fell ill..., as a result of toxic mold found in a room at Sun Suites of Clear Lake in Houston.
Park Management Group was responsible for the safety and habitable state of the rooms at the property in question while Sun Suites Interests owned said property, the suit says.
The original petition shows subsequent tests confirmed that the mold was in Johnson's room and it was recommended that she not stay in the room.
According to the complainant, the defendants "knew or should have known that the dangerous condition, toxic mold, existed on said premises, but failed to warn and/or failed to correct the said dangerous condition."
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Mold Found in Skidmore College Building | |
by Dennis Yusko (timesunion.com)
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Skidmore College is relocating 50 employees from its Starbuck Center amid complaints of health problems and the finding of mold.
Several reports of health issues came from employees in the campus building starting last month, college officials said Monday. Skidmore did not specify what the health concerns were, only that employees from the Starbuck Center believe the illnesses were related to their work space. The center contains administrative offices for financial aid, student academic services and more.
The workers were being relocated to Palamountain Hall and Case Center. An independent consultant hired to test the Starbuck Center recently found mold in one room of the building...
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