Re: Black Mold

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On 1/24/07, susan wrote:
> On 8/19/06, AVe wrote:
>> On 7/18/06, L Sams wrote:
>>> We have just moved into an apartment this past june in
>>> Northeastern PA. We have Black Mold in the kitchen and
>>> bathroom, and it is under the floors and behind the lower
>>> kitchen cabinets. It isn't just a little bit....It is alot.
>>> My husband and I have both spoken to the landlord, and he
>>> says we should just spray it with bleach. Even if this
>>> would work, we would have to remove the whole shower wall
>>> in the bathroom, and all of the lower cabinets in the
>>> kitchen to get to where the mold is. Does anyone know our
>>> rights where this is concerned? We have small children, and
>>> we all have allergies which have not stopped flaring up
>>> since we moved in. And the smell when the weather is hot
>>> and humid is horrible. We cant even use the kitchen
>>> cabinets to put stuff into, and have the doors tied shut so
>>> the baby doesnt get into them.
>>>
>>> Lisa
>>
>> Hi Lisa,
>>
>> Get the heck out of your place ASAP! I was living in that
>> stuff for 7 and a half years with my baby who is now 13 and
>> we have NEVER been the same health wise. I never knew mold
>> could be so bad. ...Bleach causes aneven more toxic
>> reactionbetween the bleach combination and the micotoxins
>> from the mold! Sounds like your landlord is clueless. My
>> NEW business is Mold testing AND mold remediation! Trust
>> me...just leave. Save your family. It is your landlords
>> responsibility to give you a healthy and habitual place to
>> live. Keep all your requests in writing to your landlord. He
>> would be very dumb to ignore you as that is what could get
>> him in serious trouble. Are you on a lease. Test the molds
>> and see what species they are. got to Drfungus.com and
>> educate your self you will thank me later for this info. If
>> you have lived there long..the spores will be in your
>> belongings. Also not good. I left everything behind. Good
>> luck to you and your health!!! Been on antifungals for 7
>> years now and started having seizures from inhaling the
>> spores in our condo....its a tough disease to have. You can
>> avoid it if you leave quickly enough. It's also the dose!

Oh my gosh, I have lived in a very expensive rental home on a 2
year lease. My master bedroom floods every time it rains. I have
begged my landlord to fix the problem but he hax done nothing.
after I fell and injured my knee the last month of my lease he had
some one come and pull the carpet back to dry. There is black mold
on the back of the carpet, the wood tack strip is covered with
black mold. the concrete is still damp and has black mold the
glass slide door is so full of moisture that you cant even see out
of it. my lease expires in a little over a week and now he is
forcing me to let a contractor come in and fix the problem. He
forced me to live with this problem for 2 years. Here is the
kicker I have had at least 6 grand mal seizures and dozens of
petty mal seizures in the last year. Due to my injury from the wet
carpet I have been off work for a month and just found out it
could be up to 3 months before I can return full time. thus I am
broke, cant afford to pay my bills or move, or even stay in a
motel until this all gets resolved....I think I need legal help if
anyone can help please e-me indigobayspa@yahoo.com... oh and for
the last week my entire family has had sinus infection and
horrible head aches