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Tallahassee Democrat Homeowners in the dark over mold
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Monday, Sep 26, 2005
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Posted on Sun, Sep.
25, 2005
Homeowners in the dark over mold
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'd 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 3-year-old, into a potentially hazardous environment.
So, heart firmly planted in stomach, I set out to supplement my recent crash course in asbestos wit...
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