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December 19, 2007
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Mold Forces
Family To Move Out,
Gut Entire House
June 24, 2004, WFTV.com
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. --
An Osceola
County family comes home from vacation and finds a $150,000 problem. A
broken refrigerator pipe is what started the mess. Now, the family will
have to gut the house because of mold. When Rebecca Li walked in her home,
she was stunned. Her home reeked of toxic fumes and, what's worse, she
found mold growing on her walls, her furniture and even on a handbag.
"When I opened the door, I was shocked. The carpet [was] full of
water and the wall was full of mildew. It was terrible. The whole house
was damaged," she explains. Li says she was only gone for a few weeks. She
was visiting friends and family members in China. When she got back, she
realized a pipe behind her refrigerator had broken.
"I have this house more than 10 years. This is first time. No
such thing happened before," Li says.
The entire house is damaged and a clean-up crew estimates it will cost
about $150,000 to repair the home, and that's not including all of her
personal belongings.
Li did not have her air conditioner on and a contractor says
that's what probably made the mold grow so quickly.
Li and her family are now forced out of their home while crews continue to
clean up their house.
"It's not healthy for anyone to be in there for a long period of
time without respiratory and breathing apparatus that will make it safe,"
says contractor Micah Bass. Workers say the next step for this house is to
gut it. Once the house is gutted, they'll test the structure to see if
there is mold. If there is mold, then the house will have to be torn down.
Mold crews say, if you see mold in your home you should have it
tested to see how dangerous it is. And, if you are required to move out of
your home, make sure you test again before you move back in.
40
Story 911 Ground Zero Skyscraper
In Big Trouble Because of Mold Infestation
[from
Cleaning and Maintenance Management Online, cmmonline.com]
NEW
YORK — A 40-story skyscraper at the edge of Ground Zero withstood the
terrorist attacks — but could be demolished because of a gross
infestation of foul mold.
The steel and glass face of the Deutsche Bank tower on Liberty Street was
ripped open by a violent wave of debris from the collapsing World Trade
Center.
While the rubble damaged a major structural column in the building,
engineers have deemed the tower stable.
The real problem is what's inside the walls. Officials at Ground
Zero say an aggressive fungus — described as looking like black
splotches — has spread rapidly in the walls and ventilation ducts of the
building, which was valued at $178 million before September 11, the
Daily
News reported.
Cleanup crews and bank employees who have been in the tower said the mold
is everywhere. Deutsche Bank has not released details about the mold. But
city officials said they believe the fungus grew rapidly because of dark
and damp conditions in the abandoned building. They said it does not
appear related to any toxic contaminants from the collapsing towers.
Sprinklers inside the bank building apparently were triggered by intensely
hot fires at Ground Zero and soaked many of the floors, the newspaper
reported. The water eventually stopped, but weeks went by before workers
were able to seal a 24-story gash in the building's facade.
"They
got a big problem," said Terry Gordon, an associate professor at the New
York University School of Medicine who researches workplace air quality.
Gordon said removing the mold from the tower would be a monumental task.
The bank is concerned enough about the mold and asbestos contamination in
nearby buildings that it has allowed few employees to retrieve items from
the offices, sources said. Those who have gone into the tower say they
have had to undergo safety training and don a protective suit and
respirator.
Deutsche Bank officials have been tight-lipped about the tower's fate. But
the bank has quietly discussed razing or partially demolishing the
building if the mold can't be scrubbed away, sources said. Spokesman Mark
Lingnau said no decision has been made. The city is not pressuring the
bank to make a move.
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