Other Resources

Claims Magazine has a very informative article written for insurance claim adjusters that explains when mold damage is a covered loss. The article also states that the general rule of thumb is very simple: If you can see mold or smell mold, you have to remove it.  Go to the article

The Federal Emergency Management Agency quotes an article from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that states how mold growth in water damaged homes can be a serious health hazard. Read more

Find out why the staff of California Job Journal feels so passionate about the public health danger of toxic mold. Here are their comments  

The National Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a good source of relevant information.  Go to their site (Search for "toxic mold")

Environmental Health Watch talks about the overwhelming consensus among scientists that mold and water damaged housing are threats to human health.  Read the article

A Realty Times article attempts to minimize the risks associated with toxic mold in homes and businesses (but eventually states that a health risk does in fact exist). Read their comments

The Bulletin Alternative News Magazine reports: Unbeknownst to the Brunsons, the EIFS or Exterior Finishing and Insulation System product they had put on their home trapped water in their walls and eventually led to a deadly poison, stachybotrys mold, so dangerous that it almost cost the Brunsons the life of their daughter, Iris, before they discovered what was going on. Read the entire article