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EPA'S "ERMI" TEST-PROMISING, BUT NOT A DEFINITIVE HEALTH TEST
On July 22, 2007 (go to "Categories"/"Toxic Mold" on the right-hand side of this page), I posted an article on the state of toxic-mold liability in the United States, essentially pointing out that there were as yet no definitive standards...

United States: North Carolina Case Brings Toxic Mold Concerns Back Into The Courtroom
14 January 2008 Article by Tanya C. O’Neill Just a few years ago, “toxic mold” cases were resulting in multi-million-dollar awards. Health agencies, insurance companies, builders, architects, employers, homeowners, and personal injury attorneys all showed significant interest in mold...

New York Task Force To Examine Mold Exposure
The first meeting of the New York State Mold Task Force will be held today in Latham, New York. The task force was created to examine and report to the governor and legislature the magnitude of the mold problem in New York State, current knowledge about this problem, illnesses that it causes and possible future actions by the health department and legislature...

US Patent 7520742 - Nanoimprint mold-releasing agent
US Patent 7520742Nanoimprint lithography provides a technique to mechanically pattern structures on the nanometer scale using surface contours of a mold structure. However, one difficulty is in the release of the mold from the material being patterned without deforming the structures being formed...

US Patent 7413598 - Mold containing boron nitride nanotubes
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7413598.htmlThis patent from Hon Hai Precision teaches a mold used for glass manufacture which incorporates boron nitride nanotubes for improved chemical stability and thermal shock resistance...

Buying A Vacant Foreclosed Home Don't Forget That Mold Inspection
Northern Virginia Daily reports: [M]old litigation has become one of the fastest growing fields of litigation, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health...

Ortho Evra Patch Risk
Ortho Evra Side Effects

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Toxic Mold
Landlord to pay $190,000 toxic mold settlement.

Toxic Mold
exposure allegedly can lead to serious health problems.

Homelite, Husky and Black Max Generators Recalled
Homelite, Husky and Black Max Generators Recalled

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

Black & Decker Coffeemakers Recalled Due to Burn Hazard
Black & Decker Coffeemakers Recalled Due to Burn Hazard

Simplicity
Recalls 400,000 Drop Side Cribs