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When indoor air quality projects don't have a beginning nor an end the proverbial question most often asked by facilities staff is "Are we done yet"? This has become an all too familiar request from school, healthcare, and government facilities staff when pondering whether or not their indoor air quality project is complete or when it will be complete. Most indoor air quality (IAQ) projects are started without a beginning and without an end. If you don't know where you are going how do you know when you get there? You cannot manage what you cannot measure.

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by Nick Foley | blackDiamondOnline.com

One morning, Sarah Kish woke up and couldn't breathe. After a fit of wheezing, she rushed to the store to buy an inhaler. She didn't have time to go to a doctor - she had an exam that day.

Kish, a junior studio art major, soon developed an irregular cough and could taste blood in her mouth. When she began to notice a foul stench wafting through her Knox Box apartment, she sensed something was wrong.

"It smelled like an ecosystem," she said.

After months of discomfort, she called in a team of experts, who punctured through the walls and discovered the cause of Kish's symptoms: black mold.

The inspectors uncovered hazardous amounts of the spores - reports from Gorman Management, which manages the Knox Box apartments, detailed mold counts of 300 outside the apartments and more than 3,000 inside, according to...

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By Tom Gorman | Wicked Local Holbrook

Superintendent of Schools Joseph Baeta recently told school committee members that tests found high levels of mold spores in Room 101, forcing officials to close it. An outside company was contracted to test the school for mold due to concerns about water leaks and ventilation unit issues.

"There has been significant water leaking into the building over the years," he said. "There have been leaks from pipes, the roof, and drainage system."

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Parents at a mold-infested Williamsburg middle school want their kids to finish out the year in another building - or else they aren't coming back.

Attendance at Middle School 577 on North Fifth St. has tanked since word of the mold outbreak started last month. Roughly 80% of the 444 students have gone to class last week with the biggest dip coming last Tuesday at just 73%. The school's attendance usually soars into the high 90's, according to sources.

"They should send these kids to a different school," said Wiliamsburg mom Danielle Obloj. "They aren't looking out for their safety." 

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