News for Going Green Lovers
Mold made victims out of yet more schools. This time, it caused trouble in the Tri-City campuses of Buffalo in Illinois. The fungus was initially discovered in the school district last summer. Custodial workers particularly found it in the girls’ locker room located in the basement of the 1938-built section of a building. That then…
Mold has been associated with a lot of health problems. And recently, another one was added on them – Parkinson’s Disease. The link between the fungus and the disease was discovered by the researchers from Rutgers, thanks to the notion of sick-building syndrome that all started from New Orleans home of Joan Bennett. Their finding…
Mold has spread even wider at New Hanover County. Following its contamination of Bellamy Elementary School and Parsley Elementary School, it spoiled yet another one. This time, the fungus infested Isaac Bear Early College High School. The mold was actually found at the heating and air-conditioning unit of the said mobile school’s cafeteria on October…
It has been more than a year since Sandy swept the east coast. But even until today, it continues to cause troubles with the mold that it brought. Hundreds, even thousands, of people in New York City are still fighting the troublesome spores. Some of them couldn’t even get inside their houses or establishments yet.…
Mold is a very common problem in houses. And in the past few months, it has also become a familiar headache in campuses, no thanks to this year’s unusually wet summer. Rolling Terrace Elementary School was one of those schools that was recently contaminated by mold. However, compared with other campuses, the fungus seems to…
An office building in Collin County in Plano, Texas was recently shut down. And it was because of the black mold discovered in some 15 percent of the structure. The building houses several of the county’s offices. A number of them had to stop their operation and transfer temporarily to give way to the undergoing…
Due to the heavy rainfalls, mold has become such a big headache in many campuses across the United States. Booker T. Washington High School was one of those schools that got it bad from mold. But unlike the others, its problem with the fungus prolonged. The mold was discovered in the school in August. Since…
The wet summer that passed was blamed for the numerous mold problems that recently plagued residences. However, houses weren’t the only ones the fungus damaged. Other structures also suffered from its presence. Several libraries across the country were among them. And that of Temple Terrace was the one most recently reported to be badly damaged…
Since last August, classes of middle and high school students of William Randolph School were transferred to modular units on Livingston Street. And now, no thanks to mold, they have to relocate once more. The 60 plus students of the alternative Randolph School used to attend their classes in Montford. But because of the construction…
In September, Cedarbrook Middle School opened two weeks later than the others. That’s because of mold. It was also because of it that two weeks after its classes started, part of its cafeteria and its two classrooms were closed. However, the fungus wasn’t done just yet. Recently, it was revealed that 10 more of the…
