Jason
San Diego,#2Consumer Suggestion
Tue, May 22, 2007
I just recently started learning about toxic mold and the problem with it is that it is not necessarily the mold itself that is harmful but the spores that get released when traumatized. Cleaning it with bleach will make the situation worse because it will spread everywhere, on clothes, furniture, and into lungs. I think she did the right thing by doing that, although I also think the whole situation could have been handled a little better. I know this cuz we had a similar problem with our home. Once the mold inspectors found a toxic mold, Stachys Bachrys, in our cabinets we told him to wait to deal with it un til after we move. It allowed us to break our lease and get our deposit back. I am sorry Mary.....mold IS very harmful. My old neighbor almost died from it, and this was in San Diego......a near desert. I wish you and your kid luck.
Mary
Wadsworth,#3Author of original report
Thu, May 17, 2007
What I am looking for is some one to take notice that you can not clean up Toxic Mold with Bleach... Put the Landlord Came over two months later with a bucket cause the City cited her. that is the only reason she came over.. The Health Department to them in the beginning of March that there was Mold in the house and it was making Me and my Daughter sick.. why didn't they come then ..not two months later... Mary
Shawangunk
Middletown,#4Consumer Comment
Wed, May 16, 2007
First you state that the LANDLORD (note the proper spelling) showed up with a bucket of bleach to remove the mold, but YOU refused to let her do so. Then you state that she did nothing to try to clean up the mold. It sounds to me like she DID make an effort, but YOU would not let her. WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HERE???