Black Mold on the Rez'

Once again, the Rez' gets the worst of the last. . .
I'll bet if they found black mold in the White House, they'd have USAMRIID and the CDC there scoping it out!

--ryan




High levels of black mold found in Pine Ridge Reservation homes

Posted on Wed, Aug. 18, 2004



SHANNON SHAW
Associated Press


PINE RIDGE, S.D. - After living in their Pine Ridge Indian Reservation home for 12 years, Jerome High Horse's family moved out in 2002 because black mold made living conditions unbearable.

"It looked like somebody took black paint and started to paint in the corners of the walls and ran it down to the floor," said High Horse. "To breathe in there was like trying to breathe with a trash bag over your head."

He attributes the mold to poor construction that led to ventilation problems.

Haz-Matters Inc., of Black Hawk, inspected the High Horse home in 2002. Its report says fungal spores in the home exceeded safe levels. The firm's recommendations said the home may be considered uninhabitable, depending on the health and medical conditions of the occupants. . .