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How to Do Low-Cost Mold Sample Collection and Mold Laboratory Identification of Mold Species

Although any mold in elevated levels indoors can cause severe health problems for mold-sensitive occupants, ... risks than others, according to Phillip Fry, Certified Mold Inspector and author of the book Mold ... mold species infesting their moldy home, apartment, or workplace. The accurate identification of mold [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 01:01:12

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Do Landlords of Low-Income Housing Make a Profit?

I have been a subscriber to the Houston Chronicle for the last several months ... in that story allowed the reporter to go into her apartment. She reported seeing mold, ceiling damage ... apartment complexes aren’t being properly maintained. Apparantly, these complexes will get sited [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 14:21:28

For A Change

I am as content as these two cuties: What a nice day. They don't get much better than this ... bed, waaaay before we ever even thought about mold in our apartment, and smelling mold coming [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 05:22:00

Need...More...Room...In...Head...

Hi. My name is Daphne and I'm losing my mind. Just in case you were wondering, this photo has nothing to do with this post. It's of the quaint old building a block away from our current apartment. The place that is mold ... , we have about 4 kinds of nasty mold. Not benign mold -- no, the nasty mold. Plus, some other kind of bacteria [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 18:33:00

Got Rubbish? Give It A Second Life

Have you ever wondered where all the trash in Hawaii ends up? ... by the center’s employees for a sometimes hefty price. A used desk, falling apart, cracks and mold included ... to anyone who needs it. If Hawaii really needs to take action, when it comes to cleaning up their waste [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 19:49:21

How to Get Rid of Mold

by Lee Dobbins The living organism known as mold has been around for millions of years and plenty of time and money has been spent learning how to ... . There are a few varieties of mold that can be considered toxic and may be dangerous to humans ... and then vacuum off. Having mold forming in your house or apartment can become quite a serious problem [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 07:35:33

Let's Talk About L&I

Or rather, let's let Brendan and Susie tell you about L&I.I had my own problems with them years ago ... and mold growth in our apartment due to our slumlord first causing the problems and then later ... out there to do the inspection. However, it took weeks, if not months, via many phone calls and even trips downtown to various [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 21:28:00

Not my best weekend....

My apartment is covered in mold. Clothes, furnature, cookware, pillows, books, basically everything. And it smells. I should have known - wet winter uand a "basement" type apartment with a cold tile floor. Damn. So I've got to wash and sanitize everything I own. And I spent $300 on a dehumidifier with an air [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:51:00

Black Mold Removal

A little over a year ago, we had our bathroom completely renovated ... taken apart. Black Mold Removal from Water Restoration 911 does exactly this type of thing ... it was filled with nasty black mold. It was such an old bathroom — we were sooo ready to get rid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 01:18:34

Angie’s List

If your college experience is anything like mine was, then your apartment probably has a giant mold blossom flowering into your living room ... as much of the mold as they possibly can and then paint over it. Brilliant! You dream of one day owning [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 15:34:02

Del City’s Challenges and Opportunities

As a resident of Del City it is easy to become excited and also distraught with some of the changes going on ... large apartment complex that was built late 1970’s early 1980’s time frame. This apartment complex ... has been filled with mold and many local news stories have been published about it. Condemned Kristie Manor [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 00:27:51

Dear landlords etc.,

So some people complained of mold forming on their apartment walls because they turned the heater on and off. You suggest that the heater has to be turned on at all times. (I didn’t get any mold problems because I never turn on my heater). Well, if the electricity bill wasn’t a whopping $100 a month due [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:59:45

Journey to the Center of the House

By: Liv I really wish I took the camera. Let's just say perhaps it wasn't the most fun thing I've done in a long time ... which sits in the crawlspace in the center of the house. I've been concerned with the number ... was rusted and bent. When I got it apart I found a lot of mold spores... not very pretty. Whether alive [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 20:20:29

Binghamton, NY - well, sorta

We arrived in Binghamton on Wednesday, to a filthy apartment with a wrecked bathroom and black mold growing in a number of places. Black mold is the toxic stuff, for those of you who aren't up on your molds (I know I wasn't ... she summoned up to begin cleaning and painting (who were also appalled at the mold) were also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 00:11:00

LITTLE SWEAT BOX

Dear Lili, I’m sorry we are raising you in an apartment that reaches temperatures equivalent to the Arizona desert in July ... of our normal four. I have yet to try a humidifier in the apartment in fear of festering mold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:54:15

Raising The Rent For Your Own Good

Hey, remember the law they passed out in Gresham, ... in owners of cheap apartments simply passing the costs of upgrading (mold cleanup, wiring ... to helping tenants obtain heat assistance to reducing mold growth. “Our committee recognizes [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 23:50:23

Happy New Years

This was another productive and successful year for the Office of the Public Advocate. In the past year, Betsy Gotbaum pushed for the clean-up of environmental hazards at parks ... mold and pest infestations in city apartments (among other accomplishments). The Office [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 16:56:17

LexisNexis® Legal News Podcast for January 8, 2009

LexisNexis® Legal News Podcast for January 8, 2009 A judge in Minneapolis finds Sprint Fidelis MDL claims preempted under federal law, and, a New York appellate panel finds apartment tenants failed to show that mold caused their illness. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Heart Drugs Devices, Mold Litigation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 13:00:00

Toxic Environment-Riverstone’s-Jefferson Lake Apartments

Toxic Environment-Riverstone’s-Jefferson Lake ApartmentsJune 11, 2008 – 7:53 pm Anna F. HU A woman living in Katy, Texas filed suit against Riverstone Residential Group for an incident involving black mold at the Jefferson Lake Apartments. Her case is in the Louisiana... read more [more...]

Date: 2008-06-12 19:52:36

Pierce County Housing Authority opts to go bankrupt

The Pierce County Housing Authority prefers to declare bankruptcy rather than fight multiple lawsuits over a mold-ridden apartment complex in Puyallup. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 14:36:53

It's not my fault, it's my birthday's fault.

Life has gotten in the way of my "virtual life." It's like I have these two, ... doing most things. Hardly cut from the standard mold, those born on thisday stand apart [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 23:09:00

The Syndrome

Dubious McGinty was huddled in the warmth of the drawbridge watchman's quarters, drinking a third Irish coffee ... the space heater. Marcos Vasquez's apartment still had heat, but his now had mold growing all over [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 18:28:25

What are the chances?

I received a pleasant surprise today. Hubby and I had gone to my mom's to put on the first coat of paint in the office and do the sanding that needed ... that I still had moisture and water in it. I now had a bit of mold, but not to much and it cleaned up real ... apartment. It would save me the money and time of buying new carpet. It would be awesome [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 01:45:00

Part I

We are shoulder to shoulder. We are worlds apart. Our headtorches do little to illuminate the corridor, damp mold caking the walls turning everything a lugubrious greybrown. It eats even the light.Treading careful, testing each step through the shards of dangerous decay, evidence of collapse [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:54:48

Decor - Getting Plastered: a Greener Way to Finishing Walls

There's nothing warmer than a Tuscan farmhouse patina on cottage or even apartment walls, something faux finishers have long tried to reproduce ... , mold and face resistant, repairable and moisture controlling. In addition to the standard line [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 12:00:00

Dookie

Ever since we moved into our new apartment in March we've had one problem after another. Mold in the bathroom. Cracks in the wall ... to dookie outside without cleaning it up. This has posed a problem since we are neighbors and share [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 14:14:00

Construction Part 2 - Princeton, NJ

You may remember my post back at the end of October (almost 3 months ago) about the renovations of our apartment building ... to re-do that wall due to mold. Yeah not fun when the wind chill is in the negative numbers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:33:48

Is Your Home Germ Friendlye

I have pretty bad allergies, so when I moved from a house that had hardwood floors and allergen reducing carpeting to an older apartment that had ... . And cloth mops are also a breeding ground for mold. To help cut down on the spread of these germs use ... , and all utensils after preparing food, particularly raw meat, and use germ killing cleansers. [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 06:50:51

Review - "Dublin Carol" at Steppenwolf

In today’s world, replete with the such mouthpieces as Oprah and Dr ... in August: Osage County), Morton possesses the propitious ability to mold a character’s tacit moments ... , the father’s cluttered one-room apartment within the funeral [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:18:53

Biscotti FAIL

So the plan was to make this awesome biscotti recipe that I found, that was for Chocolate Nutella biscotti ... and putting it on my floured cutting board to mold into two loaves, I knew it wouldn't be good ... my apartment smells nice!OH! And, before I started baking, I broke one of our glasses while [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 02:32:00

Ah, the day after.

I should have relaxed. Instead, I cleaned like a maniac because at 9:00 a.m ... puzzle, I saw the notice we'd received on Christmas Eve about apartment inspections occurring ... agreement or because they'd discover massive amounts of mold in our bathroom but because [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 04:45:00

Cutting-edge air purifier from Hitachi

While fixing environmental problems like global warming requires the cooperation of nations, ... it when your shoes actually sprout mold thanks to the high moisture level in your cramped, poorly ventilated urban apartment). From there it is a short jump to appliances that do all that and more, like purify [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 14:55:50

Twitter updates for 2008-11-23

About to have some oatmeal, take a shower, and then actually *leave the apartment* today. Finally! ... # Just noticed our outdoor chairs are starting to grow mold. :P Will have to clean those. # @nikkistrick [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 04:59:59

Three Things That Make My Life Easier: Chapter 1

1. BATH FITTERHave you heard of these guys? They come into your home and put in a new bathtub/shower over your old bathtub/shower inone day ... in the shower. This is great when you live in a small apartment with lots of stuff and not a lot of storage ... , no goop, no mold, no mildew, no fuss. You just spray it down with some shower cleaner after each [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 06:12:00

Sneezing around the Christmas Tree

Sneezing around the Christmas Tree By B. B. Hilsen | December 1, 2008 by B. B. Hilsen What Holiday Symbol is GREEN and making you sneeze? ... . In the article a Connecticut allergy specialist, Dr.John Santilli states; I’ve been in practice ... an intern’s apartment and took air samples for two weeks. For the first three days, the mold counts [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 12:19:14

“Detours on the Way to Nothing”

DETOURS ON THE WAY TO NOTHING by Rachel Swirsky copyright © 2008 / May not be reproduced without permission ( ... . Words wound, tears flow, doors slam. You storm out of the apartment, not caring where you go as long ... and broken radios decay in the gutter, accumulating mold and rust. In a streetlamp spotlight, an old [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:16:57

Anyone Have An RV I Can Borrow?

The other night my husband turned to me and said, "Ya know, sometimes I think it would be fun to just get an RV, ... apartment where cute little bakeries and sophisticated museums are within walking distance ... little pre-made mold, to just roll with life and be who I am today for the day and find [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:42:00

Fuuuck!

#fullpost{display:inline;}Lost my damn phone last night. I don't even know how. The shit was in my hand when I got out of my friend's car. By the time I got in my apartment, I didn't have it. He says its not in his car ... . I feel like mold. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:50:00

Galveston Pushes Gentrification by Hurricane

Houston Independent Media Center GALVESTON, Texas — Charles Early runs an Internet bookstore from his apartment on the west end of Galveston Island ... from entry even as the threat of toxic mold over-running their homes grew daily. Less than a week after [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 03:05:49

Apartment Hunting

New York, you are a filthy dirty whore.* Why are you hiding all of the nice apartments? ... /alligators took up residence there rather than actual HUMANS, who didn’t need daylight or clean mold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 16:12:36

Doug Thompson

I have this theory about people who review movies. They watch a lot of movies. They see the same formulas used over and over. They are so desperate for something to break the mold, they highly praise the offbeat. They also ... insane from fear of rape while left alone in an apartment. It’s a great film. I’m glad to have seen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:18:41

Daily Links for December 11th

Retailer Survival Tips - Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog - The holidays are going to stink ... -existent. But once Fitzgerald invited a young woman he was dating over to his bachelor’s apartment. His date made a horrifying discovery: opening his oven, she found a dish of lasagna, covered with mold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 07:00:35

Crappier flats

Regular readers have heard me complain loud and long about the CrappiFlats™ I used to live in, ... the place you live, there’s some place worse. And this is that place: Tenants of an apartment complex ... had about 200 rentable units. Inspectors have deemed it unfit for human occupancy because of serious mold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 15:06:51

Daring Bakers in December: French Yule Log

This month’s challenge is brought to us by the adventurous Hilda from Saffron and Blueberry and Marion from Il en Faut Peu Pour Etre Heureux ... the glaze. I used a standard loaf pan (lined with plastic wrap) to mold my log. The finished dessert ... that I don’t have more (or better) pictures to share, but my apartment is like a cave with the low winter [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 22:29:24

now is the time to snap up foreclosed real estate

http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/ar… George and Christ Stamatos know their newest apartment building in Roxbury needs work. A lot of it. Chunks of plaster have dropped from the ceilings, black mold creeps along walls, and thieves recently ripped out copper plumbing, causing a flood that soaked the floors. But George, 38 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 12:15:49

New York Was So Much Older Then

By Kevin BakerHow the places Barack Obama has lived might have helped mold the man who will be the next president of the United States ... four and five to a railroad apartment, the bathtub in the kitchen in some places, the floors lined ... out at the long avenues of the city.We lived dangerously, I suppose. Everyone's apartment was broken [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:21:00

McCulloch MC-1275 Heavy Duty Steam Cleaner

About a year ago I moved into an apartment in SF that has some problems ... shoots hot, pressurized steam at things. This jet of vapor disintegrates and sterilizes mold, removes ... of mercury and uranium-238 if it could clean metal surfaces so they look brand new. But that stuff doesn’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:39:12

Innovative massage tools take to the head, design

Home massage contraptions are too ubiquitous to qualify as a trend; however, what part of the body they focus on is subject to fad appeal ... , is created using a mold made from the hands of an actual practicing chiropractor, set in the clinical ... to be a displayable accessory for your increasingly designer apartment. After all, if your power cords [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 14:58:05

This Old House

Jump to Comments So in its final… er, um good riddance… our adorable rental house has decided to fall apart on us, ... . I’ll have the engineer pop ’round at 1pm, yeah?” (oh phew… I was hoping they wouldn’t let wood rot and mold win this round!) So when the engineer finally arrived at… ahem 3:45, he determined [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:00:52

Chapter Twenty-Nine : Mess with one… (part four)

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE (part four) Monday evening, 5:20 PM “HOME!!” Katy squealed. ... out of the apartment. At least now that she had a job…. Was a spokesmodeling a ‘gig’? She could afford ... . The unit pushed a part mold, part cigarette smoke, and part indefinable dead thing smell [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 06:01:03

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