To: vocalist
Subject: My 2 cents on household molds
Date sent: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 09:05:37 PST
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

1) We had some news about the really evil black mold in this area. It
involved a new county courthouse which had chronic drainage and
window-leaking problems. (Among the many construction flaws, the site had
been graded so that the drainage ran *toward* the building, rather than
away. And the contractor installed "interior" windows intended for office
dividers in the outside walls.) The workers in the courthouse complained of
various respiratory problems, plus the aesthetic issue of having nasty black
mold all over everything. Building's closed now. Haven't heard of anyone
else having that problem, so maybe it IS just an issue for people who have
flood damage (or a house built by the low bidder!).

2) One of my sisters is allergic to just about anything that drifts,
including grass pollen, house dust and mildew. (Has asthma, too.) She was
helped by a) allergy desensitization shots and b) an air conditioner in her
bedroom. I would say try the A/C first, then go for the quack mold-killing
light.

(Hey, if light will kill mold, then how come the bread I leave out on the
kitchen counter gets moldy?)

Liz (who is sneezing, G*d knows why, BUT I CAN STILL SING)


Elizabeth Finkler
mightymezzo-at-hotmail.com

"I find that the best way to ride the Schuylkill Expressway is to scratch
two rabbits' feet, pat my lucky moonstone, count my worry beads, count ten,
spit into the wind, say my private Devil-Worshipper's prayer, and merge into
the traffic stream." --Alfred Bendiner

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