I heard from a friend this week who had an eventful trip to a suburban Chicago branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles. This friend lost her home to toxic mold several years ago. She and her family members continue to experience health ramifications from the exposure. She has trouble any time she encounters damp, toxic indoor environments. In her words,
I got to the window and the woman helping me was coughing pretty badly. She had to excuse herself and went to get hand sanitizer. She said she had a tickle in her throat so I wouldn't think she was contagious. Then I noticed the woman next to her coughing and I turned around to see the other employees and there was a man sniffling. I told her, "I am not feeling well from being here." She said, "Yeah, it's this building," and then the other woman working there said, "They just keep coming in to clean the vents, but that doesn't help." I then said, "I noticed all the stained ceiling tiles here and I am now having trouble writing and I'm dizzy; this place must have mold." I knew it did for sure. The woman helping me said, "There are so many people that have developed cancer, lung diseases, etc. from working here." I told her, "Yes, I believe mold can do that to you." I told her about the website TruthAboutMold. My lymph nodes in my neck are swollen from being in there for 20 minutes, my ears hurt, and I was coughing (which isn't normally a symptom for me), I was having trouble reading the form to fill out and calculating a simple figure, and I was shaking uncontrollably.
Yet again, another illustration of the importance of connecting the dots between our environment and our health.
5 comments:
that is so crazy scary. I want to know where as I have to renew my license soon. I will stay away from that place like the plague. UGH It just makes me so mad that those people have to work in a place like that.
Andrea, this is very similar to a similar event I experienced two weeks ago. I walked into a local business to look for a kitchen item I was needed. As soon as I walked in, I could tell the building would bother me, but I told myself that I would only be in there for fifteen minutes, max. I did pretty well until I was at the cashier's counter, paying for my item. The commercial fan located in the top corner of the building was blowing right into my face. I began to cough, my eyes were burning and watering, and my voice began to crackle. The lady who owns the business, but not the building, said she's been sick since having her business located there for the past three years. The metal building was built in 1977, its interior is comprised of blown-in insulation, and the previous business sold used and new ATVs. The old blown-in insulation used to be tan color, if I remember correctly, but it was a mixture of a sickly-yellow color, orange, and black. As soon as I left the building, I went home, rinsed my nasal passages, took a shower, washed the clothes I was wearing, and gave myself a breathing treatment if Ipratroprium Bromide solution. But I still ended up with a sinus infection a week later; and the blurring of my eyes happened immediately. What is it going to take to get medical professionals to understand and believe that mold IS Toxigenic, unlike the idiot I saw a week ago who stated that the AMA does NOT recognize mold as being toxigenic?
I too would like to know which suburban DMV this is as I have to renew my license soon.
It's in Lombard, IL.
The mold problem could cause breathing problems as severe as asthma.It has to be eradicated before human life can dwell there.It is something that no one must take lightly.
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