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Mould Lord
Is Your Landlord a Slum Lord, or a Mould Lord, or Both?
[Dec.
20, 2002}
Q. I
have a few concerns about mould. I am a renter & recently moved out of
an apartment that had a crawl space & the place frequently had a stench
of mould. I have been at this new place for a little over three months.
I've noticed mushrooms growing around the stool (which is carpeted) has a
musty odor & had pulled up the carpet which the floor has turned
black. What kind of mould (s) am I dealing with here. Since moving here my
whole family has had flu-like symptoms, headaches, & cold....which the
doctor only relates to as a virus. My question is since I rent, what type
of insurance policy should I have & what are the legal aspects to this
situation & how do I go about explaining this problem to my landlord
without them think I'm making this all up.....as a part of a scam? Will my
health insurance pay for a mould antibody test? Any information you can
give me will be greatly appreciated. I am particularly happy with all the
pertinent info found on your site
A. Thank you for your nice
comments on our mould website. The biggest problem you face is that most
landlords do not care about how harmful mould infestation is to their
tenants. Despite the recurring health problems of their tenants and the
often-visible mould growths, most landlords will not pay for mould
inspection, mould testing, mould removal, or mould prevention. Their lack
of common decency in their failure to provide habitable housing to their
tenants make such persons Mould Lords. A Mould Lord is a landlord who permits
indoor mould infestation to cause health harm to his or her apartment or
other rental tenants. If a tenant is facing serious health
problems that may be from living in a mould infested apartment or rental
house, the first thing to consider doing is moving to a healthy place as
soon as possible to stop further harm to your and your family's health.
If you want to pursue your legal rights against a Mould Lord whose
rental unit harbors mould contamination, the burden of proof is upon you
to pay for initial mould inspection and testing of your apartment to
document whether or not there is toxic mould or mould in elevated levels
present in the air in your residence, and for the mould testing and mould
laboratory analysis of any visible mould growth indoors. To find a Certified
Mould Inspector in your area, please visit: Certified Mould Inspectors
If you want to hire an attorney to pursue any legal rights you may have
against the mould lord, the first thing the attorney will ask to see is
mould inspection and mould testing results to back up your possible mould
claim. As to your question as to whether a health insurance company will
pay for mould blood testing, a couples of issues that might arise are:
(1) if you seek payment for diagnostic testing for a previous condition
in existence at the time you applied for your new health insurance, the
insurance company will deny payment; (2) insurance payment for mould
blood testing is only possible if your health insurance makes specific
provision for the payment of items like blood testing, and IF, your
attending physician requests that you have a mould blood test to help the
physician diagnose a specific and current medical health problem.
Mould contaminated home needs mould inspection, mould testing, mould
identification, mould sampling and mould remediation to get rid of toxic
mould which can cause severe health effects and diseases to man, animals and
plants and can also cause material decay. More mould information on mould
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