Here's the latest dirt on mold's dangers.

From: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) | Date: April 10, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Lisa Liddane

It can grow wherever there's moisture in the home. On sheet rock. On the carpet. On wood panels. Indoor mold is increasingly being blamed for a range of health problems_from allergies to asthma to respiratory difficulties.

The interest in indoor mold has grown so much that California last year passed two laws related to researching indoor mold, determining what levels are unacceptable, evaluating how to measure its health effects and determining how to best get rid of it, said Sandy McNeel, research scientist for the environmental and occupational ...

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