Health Resources for Everyone
Insurance companies, landlords, homeowners—everyone recognizes potential health problems from exposure to toxic molds. One recent study found that household mold more than doubles children’s risk for asthma.
What’s a parent to do? Answer: Educate yourself.
- Mold in My Home: What Do I do? Published by the Calif. Dept. of Health Services: Extensive toxic mold information, including health informatoin, detection, and clean up. (Also see Mold-related web sites.)
- A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home Published by the US EPA: A good place to start: The EPA’s introduction to indoor mold and health. Includes links. Una Breve Guía para el Moho, la Humedad y su Hogar (PDF)
- Household Mold Making People Sick (WebMD.com) A plainspoken introduction to mold’s affects on family health.
- Association of Occupational
and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) Referrals to clinics with physicians
experienced with environmental exposures.
Additional Resources
CDC is not a regulatory agency and does not have enforcement authority in local matters.
Your local health department can enforce state and local health codes and may also have information on mold.
Contact your state Indoor Air Quality office. Information to find your representative office is available at : www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/indoor_air.htm.
You can read the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines, Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings, at : www.epa.gov/iaq/molds/mold_remediation.html.
These web sites offer further indoor-air quality tools for schools:
- www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/tfs/guidtoc.html
- www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/tfs/guideh.html
- www.healthyschools.org/guides_materials.html
