Mould in the News
7 Custodians Sickened While Cleaning Mold
Click2Houston.com
Updated: 7:13 a.m. PT Sept 2, 2007
HOUSTON - Seven custodians were hospitalized
after they were sickened while cleaning mold out of a northeast Houston school,
KPRC Local 2 reported Saturday. The mold was found in an annex building at Key
Middle School on Thursday after two workers fell ill and were hospitalized.
Cleanup crews went to the school on Friday to
eradicate the mold. Seven of 15 custodians were sickened, but they were not the
only ones.
"Even the principal herself broke
out," custodian Fred Holloway said.
The principal and assistant principal left the
school and appeared to be coughing and having trouble breathing. One of them
reached for her inhaler.
The president of the union that represents
school custodians said the building is not safe.
"You can actually smell the mold and smell
some of the areas that they went in there and tried to clean up the area with
Clorox," Houston Educational Support Personnel Union President Wretha
Thomas said.
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