Mold News Updates
July 24, 2008
Removing FEMA 'mold' homes from Iowa will be costly (The Gazette)
The much-discussed FEMA "mold" mobile homes are now on their way elsewhere, but at considerable cost to taxpayers.Each of the 232 homes cost on average $7,100 to bring to Iowa, Alexandra Kirin, a FEMA public affairs officer, reported on Wednesday from Washington, D.C.That means $1.647 million was spent just to bring those 232 homes to Iowa as temporary housing for flood victims.The homes are ... School Mold No More (WTRF Wheeling)
Officials track down the problem and rid the school. Area mold miseries continue (Fond du Lac Reporter)
Weeks after a historic flood besieged local communities, Patsy Kimball of North Fond du Lac is still struggling to get a handle on the disaster. Does removing mold from FEMA homes make more sense? (The Gazette)
Iowa is saying that FEMA mobile homes containing mold in exterior water heater compartments must be removed from the state.But Indiana, where the problem was discovered late last week, may be taking another approach.That state is testing its 118 FEMA mobile homes for mold. In the 11 occupied homes, the exterior water heater compartments have been cleaned of mold and sanitized, and the homes will ... Leading Experts Urge Mississippi River Flood-Affected Homeowners Not to Use Bleach to Clean and Prevent Mold Damage (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The National Organization of Remediators and Mold Inspectors , a not-for-profit cooperative of mold experts and professionals, is urging owners of residential and commercial properties affected by Mississippi River flooding not to use household bleach to remove potentially harmful mold and mildew from water-damaged surfaces.
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