[Cob] cob a little more clarification

[Amanda Peck]

I apologize for the off-topic-ness.  But semi-trustworthy sources of 
information are probably good.

Thank you Google, y'all can also look this up for yourselves, we all know 
how.

Legionnaire's Disease (bacterial--my recollection is don't insulate the 
INSIDE of your HVAC ducts, particularly if you have a public 
building--hotel, hospital, office, et cetera)

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/legionellosis_g.htm

Molds.  They themselves are not toxic.  But they can PRODUCE a toxin, like 
diphtheria and botulism.
Here are two links, the first, very "lets not cause a panic here" from the 
CDC (BTW they recommend chlorine bleach), the second "let's get as much 
money from the panic as we can" (don't bother looking at the "non-bleach 
common household chemical mold remediation" page, it'll cost you $25 to get 
any more information than that--but they'll send it to you by email!).

I guess I'm somewhere in between on this.  Black mold is really ugly and 
scary looking.  Some acquaintances in a log cabin near Nashville nearly died 
from something that might have been a mold problem--I haven't been in touch 
with them since before the problem, only heard about it from a mutual 
friend.  In Nashville we all found that it aggravated asthma if we had it, 
but maybe not much more than that.  I do keep an ozone generator on hand to 
kill off various molds and mildews when they start bothering me, and run a 
HEPA air cleaner instead of a summer fan.

http://www.epa.gov/mold/moldresources.html
http://www.moldinspector.com/

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