Mold Clms: Recognizing What Is Real
Friday, September 13th, 2002 PropertyThe recent mold frenzy is the strangest environmental claim issue that I have seen in 30 years of toxicological and environmental litigation consulting. Why? Mold is a natural living material, essential for life and comprising 25 percent of the world’s biomass. It has neither become more prevalent than it was 20 years ago, nor is there much additional support for any new adverse health effects, despite thousands of active claims alleging the contrary. Most allegations are based upon misinformation, so often repeated that it has garnered an aura of certitude. Among the misinformation: mold and mold toxins in the indoor environment are not known to cause brain damage, immunological disorders, bleeding lungs in newborns, fibromyalgia, attention deficit disorder, cancer, or chronic fatigue syndrome.
