# Mold Risks Hard To Quantify 

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Evaluating mold damage is a task made difficult by a lack of standards and a dearth of reliable research, an expert in the field advised a group of claims professionals.

The briefing on "Mold Investigations from A to Z" was given by Shannon E. McGlinn at a session during last month’s ACE Annual Claims Exposition & Conference in Tampa, Fla., sponsored by Claims magazine and The National Underwriter Company, publisher of this newsmagazine.

Ms. McGlinn, who is director of industrial hygiene for Environomics, a Phoenix-based environmental consulting firm, took note of the factors that have increased mold damage claims to a point where "some believe it will be the next asbestos."

Sources:
- National Underwriter (http://www.nationalunderwriter.com/archives/Pc_archive/2001/P11-19/P200147mold.asp)