It’s amazing how the general public immediately believes everything they see and hear from the media. “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” Oh, the damage the media can do. Remember the big billboards advertising attorney services saying, “Mold Is Gold”? That should have been the big giveaway right there. And Texans wonder why their homeowner rates are the highest in the nation…epidemics like mold and insurance fraud could have something to do with it…you think? Sometimes I wonder if that’s the problem.
It was an interesting interpretation on the part of much of the media as to what the panel findings were. I read the 300 page report. What it actually said was that further research of ill health effects caused by fungal exposure should be given the highest priority. There is much unknown. It also acknowledged that infections of fungal exposure, such as pulmonary aspergillosis and other infectious aspects, such as compromization of the immune system were not even part of the study. So for one to deduce that the panel said mold was not a problem is ignorantly and dangerously lulling people into a sense of false security. One would have to question whether a certain amount of lobbied politics played any part in the media misinterpretation. Or maybe it was just pure ingorance of the issue.
There are two trains of thought that are clearly at fault. First, the media (including the reporter here, has mangled the facts of this study. Ms. Kramer is correct, the study reported that there was not enough evidence to determine if mold causes neurological, immunological, and other ailments. Not enough evidence does not mean that mold doesn’t cause these problems! Furthermore, the study was only researching respiratory conditions.
Secondly, it is a fact that the insurance and pharmaceutical companies have a vested interest in their ties with the government in not finding such evidence. The government will do anything they possibly can to ignore this problem.
I have been researching mycotoxin producing molds for fifteen years and I have proof that molds can cause everything from seizures to Raunaud’s Symdrome. When I speak at conferences in Europe and Russia, they have no problem admitting that mold causes these diseases, but then again, those governments must really care about their citizens. This country exists with a bunch of wimpy men who want money more than anything; even if it means destroying lives in the process.
I request that an official and fact based specific response to the excellant comments of Dr. Forbes,
Ms. Kramer and Ms. Bray be given by the authors of the article.
Someone out to tell the United States Military to stop using T-2 mycotoxins, which is what at least 30 species of molds create and disperse into the air, that perhaps they shouldn’t use them as a biological warfare agent since the government so conveniently reports as just a slight respiratory problem. The military has been using these mycotoxins for years as an agent. It’s funny how the government changes everything to their benefit when its convenient!
Even some idiot, Tiffany O’Shea with the National Insurance Association has been making snide remarks that this “so-called” toxic mold doesn’t cause any problems. She’s one of the idiots who is paid well to to keep the real information from the public. Gosh, she must be making close to $8.00 an hour to be biased!
everyone in the insurance industry knows that this is just another concoction by those sneaky plaintiff attorneys looking for another way to shake down the insurance industry…..
Listen to your doctors, they know !? In the 50’s, my mother in law said her doctor told her NOT to breast feed her babies. The doctor said it was not good for her children. She did not listen. Formula was expensive. yeras ago, didn’t doctors tell women to start smoking to curb their appetite or to loose weight? If we believe everything we read and not know where or how a study is funded, how do we make informed decisions especially regarding mold infestation caused by moisture or water intrusion?
This study was funded by the Centers for Deceit Control, I mean the Centers for Disease Control. They have a very cozy relationship with the FDA, who profits from the drug companies and they make a fortune off of the horrendous symptoms that mold patients have. The government also has close ties with the insurance industry. Money talks.
The US government has other reasons for this biased study. If they were to admit the truth, the government would have to test and remediate schools, prisons, military installations, and all public buildings. There is no way the government would acknowledge this problem. They need to money to kill innocent people in Iraq, while mold kills people here. This is a perfect plan of genocide for Bush and the New World Order’s plan to destroy middle and lower class people. They have gone way too far this time.
If toxic mold is making people sick and killing them off, then let them die. Whatever happened to darwinism? I am sick of protecting the weak, ill, and poor.
The mold issue is like statistics, it can say anything the researcher wants to determine. If you want to create a statistic that says 90% of people are idiots you just have to include the right people in the survey. I would start with the folks replying to this article. Depending on who funded the research will determine if they have proof that mold is safe or that looking at it will make your arms fall off. Truth is, that mold has been around longer than people. And many years have gone by that mold and people have co-existed happily. But, now that money can be made and folks can get new houses from insurance companies, mold has decided to end our happy relationship and secretly destroy the human race. I have decided that I will make peace with the mold in my home. It has agreed to not kill me or make me sick, as long as I can agree to: ignore it, not be a slob and allow it to grow everywhere, and never play Kenny G in its presence. I hope the mold in all your homes will be as reasonable as mine.
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It’s amazing how the general public immediately believes everything they see and hear from the media. “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” Oh, the damage the media can do. Remember the big billboards advertising attorney services saying, “Mold Is Gold”? That should have been the big giveaway right there. And Texans wonder why their homeowner rates are the highest in the nation…epidemics like mold and insurance fraud could have something to do with it…you think? Sometimes I wonder if that’s the problem.
Brett, have you known anyone that has been exposed for a long period to toxic mold? I think not.
It was an interesting interpretation on the part of much of the media as to what the panel findings were. I read the 300 page report. What it actually said was that further research of ill health effects caused by fungal exposure should be given the highest priority. There is much unknown. It also acknowledged that infections of fungal exposure, such as pulmonary aspergillosis and other infectious aspects, such as compromization of the immune system were not even part of the study. So for one to deduce that the panel said mold was not a problem is ignorantly and dangerously lulling people into a sense of false security. One would have to question whether a certain amount of lobbied politics played any part in the media misinterpretation. Or maybe it was just pure ingorance of the issue.
There are two trains of thought that are clearly at fault. First, the media (including the reporter here, has mangled the facts of this study. Ms. Kramer is correct, the study reported that there was not enough evidence to determine if mold causes neurological, immunological, and other ailments. Not enough evidence does not mean that mold doesn’t cause these problems! Furthermore, the study was only researching respiratory conditions.
Secondly, it is a fact that the insurance and pharmaceutical companies have a vested interest in their ties with the government in not finding such evidence. The government will do anything they possibly can to ignore this problem.
I have been researching mycotoxin producing molds for fifteen years and I have proof that molds can cause everything from seizures to Raunaud’s Symdrome. When I speak at conferences in Europe and Russia, they have no problem admitting that mold causes these diseases, but then again, those governments must really care about their citizens. This country exists with a bunch of wimpy men who want money more than anything; even if it means destroying lives in the process.
I request that an official and fact based specific response to the excellant comments of Dr. Forbes,
Ms. Kramer and Ms. Bray be given by the authors of the article.
Someone out to tell the United States Military to stop using T-2 mycotoxins, which is what at least 30 species of molds create and disperse into the air, that perhaps they shouldn’t use them as a biological warfare agent since the government so conveniently reports as just a slight respiratory problem. The military has been using these mycotoxins for years as an agent. It’s funny how the government changes everything to their benefit when its convenient!
Even some idiot, Tiffany O’Shea with the National Insurance Association has been making snide remarks that this “so-called” toxic mold doesn’t cause any problems. She’s one of the idiots who is paid well to to keep the real information from the public. Gosh, she must be making close to $8.00 an hour to be biased!
everyone in the insurance industry knows that this is just another concoction by those sneaky plaintiff attorneys looking for another way to shake down the insurance industry…..
Listen to your doctors, they know !? In the 50’s, my mother in law said her doctor told her NOT to breast feed her babies. The doctor said it was not good for her children. She did not listen. Formula was expensive. yeras ago, didn’t doctors tell women to start smoking to curb their appetite or to loose weight? If we believe everything we read and not know where or how a study is funded, how do we make informed decisions especially regarding mold infestation caused by moisture or water intrusion?
This study was funded by the Centers for Deceit Control, I mean the Centers for Disease Control. They have a very cozy relationship with the FDA, who profits from the drug companies and they make a fortune off of the horrendous symptoms that mold patients have. The government also has close ties with the insurance industry. Money talks.
The US government has other reasons for this biased study. If they were to admit the truth, the government would have to test and remediate schools, prisons, military installations, and all public buildings. There is no way the government would acknowledge this problem. They need to money to kill innocent people in Iraq, while mold kills people here. This is a perfect plan of genocide for Bush and the New World Order’s plan to destroy middle and lower class people. They have gone way too far this time.
America; The land of the ill.
If toxic mold is making people sick and killing them off, then let them die. Whatever happened to darwinism? I am sick of protecting the weak, ill, and poor.
The mold issue is like statistics, it can say anything the researcher wants to determine. If you want to create a statistic that says 90% of people are idiots you just have to include the right people in the survey. I would start with the folks replying to this article. Depending on who funded the research will determine if they have proof that mold is safe or that looking at it will make your arms fall off. Truth is, that mold has been around longer than people. And many years have gone by that mold and people have co-existed happily. But, now that money can be made and folks can get new houses from insurance companies, mold has decided to end our happy relationship and secretly destroy the human race. I have decided that I will make peace with the mold in my home. It has agreed to not kill me or make me sick, as long as I can agree to: ignore it, not be a slob and allow it to grow everywhere, and never play Kenny G in its presence. I hope the mold in all your homes will be as reasonable as mine.