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Article: Be alert: Mold problem can be controlled.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 24, 2002
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Byline: Michele Lerner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
What is orange or white or pink or blue or green or black or brown and lives all over? Mold. It is no joking matter to people who believe they have been made sick by it. Recent dramatic lawsuits yielded large awards to families because of their experiences with mold. In one of the most publicized cases, a family in Texas won $32 million from their insurance company in June 2001 because of mold damage to their 22-room mansion. Facets of the building industry, from builders to home inspectors, have scrambled together workshops, studies, seminars and Web site "how-to" lists in reaction to the risk of ...