When we send our children to school, we assume that they're safe; that they're learning in a healthy environment. But health officials say there's a danger in the air: a toxic cancer causing gas in thousands of classrooms nationwide. And, we found, many districts are doing nothing about it.

We visited a school in Pennsylvania and found second-graders are ready to learn. But what the kids can't see, smell or taste are high levels of radioactive radon gas inside their classrooms. Tests show nearly double the EPA's accepted limit.

Radon develops from the breakdown of soil and rock, seeping into buildings and the air we breathe. Chronic exposure, experts say, could be deadly. And perhaps most disturbing, victims usually don't realize they have been exposed until years later, when it's too late.

Three members of a Calvert County family died in the past week following respiratory illnesses, two from complications from the flu, according to the chief medical officer at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where a fourth family member is being treated.
 

The family was from the Lusby area, according to hospital and county officials, who on Tuesday issued a press release about the investigation into the deaths.

Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Fusarium sp., Stachybotrys sp., Alternaria sp.; the list goes on. These are the names of many pathogens and mycotoxins that have become household names in recent years that many business owners and homeowners are having to deal with each and everyday. They are all forms of mold that are causing waves though the local, national and international communities.

News stories of "TOXIC MOLD" indicate a problem with pandemic proportion, whether real or perceived. This Mold monster has caused the young, the old, the rich and the poor to flee...

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