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12:04 AM PDT on Sunday, September 25, 2005 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.

The inescapable reality 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 cramming on fungus and a little-studied health scare that's spawned lawsuits, insurance claims and an unregulated...

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Buy a paper Community City/Town guide County Connection Events calendar Schools Guide Business email it print it Published: Sunday, September 25, 2005 When moisture attacks The best defense against mold is taking preventive steps and hiring a good offense By Bruce Meyerson 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.

Here's where to find information on mold problems: www.epa.gov/mold/moldguide.html, the Environmental Protection Agency's guide to mold and moisture in your home, and how to deal with it.

www.cdc.gov/mold/, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guide to preventing mold problems.

I tried to take the news calmly, hopeful the harrowing stories I'd read about...

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News World News Previous Articles Mold a growing problem on Gulf Coast Sunday, September 25, 2005 By Rosie Mestel, Los Angeles Times The Gulf Coast is facing a potential financial and legal morass over mold blooming inside storm-damaged buildings, according to scientists, contractors and insurance experts.

Mold has grown thickly on wet walls, rugs and furniture of thousands of buildings - and the problem will worsen as flood waters recede.

Restoration workers are pouring toward the Gulf Coast.

"There's an Oklahoma land stampede down there," said John Shane, a Chicago-based manager for Environmental Microbiology Laboratory Inc.

Some molds cause structural problems such as dry rot, requiring the replacement of wood.

The biggest problem, however, involves the widespread, but unsubstantiated, claims that some molds can cause serious health problems.

"There's a real industry being created around the mold problem - lawyers who've written about it call it 'black gold.' They see it as the next great asbestos," said Dr.

Dorsett Smith, clinical professor of medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle.

"It is the fear factor.

You mention the word 'mold' and people are afraid." Mold is a general term for a group of thousands of different fungi, including "Penicillium," original source of the antibiotic penicillin, and "Stachybotrys chartarum," a black fungus with a fearsome reputation for its supposed effect...