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Posted on Sun, Sep.
25, 2005
Scant data, regulations make mold fears worse
Cleanup market booms with public health scare
By BRUCE MEYERSON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - The asbestos problem seemed pretty scary until the crew we hired to remove it from our new home pointed out the fuzzy black mold growing in the closet.
I tried to take the news calmly, hopeful the harrowing stories I've read about families being forced to flee their mold-infested homes were merely the exceptional cases that make for headlines.
The inescapable reality, however, was that I planned to move my family, including a newborn and a three-year-old, into a potentially hazardous environment.
So, heart firmly planted in stomach, I set out to supplement my recent crash course in asbestos with some postgraduate ...
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