Truth About Mold
Legislation
We are communicating with elected officials throughout the country.
Please send the following information to the elected officials for your State. Contact information for U.S. Congressmen and State Legislators is provided on the Home page.
Recent Developments:
The Boston City Council passed a resolution on January 27, 2010, which asks the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation to lead a campaign to persuade the President and Congress to allocate funds (reimbursed by the banks from the bailout money) to school districts throughout the country to assure that we have a safe, healthy national public school infrastructure.
Boston City Council Resolution
Letter Promoting the Resolution
The Healthy Schools Network is promoting the establishment of National Healthy Schools Day. Please ask the Governor of your state to issue a proclamation similar to the one issued in the State of Alabama.
National Healthy Schools Network
State of Alabama Proclamation for National Healthy Schools Day
Resources to Assist with the Development of Mold Legislation
If you receive requests from elected officials asking for information to assist them with the development of mold legislation, please give them the following list of resources:
Congressman John Conyers of Michigan submitted proposed legislation to the U.S. Congress in 2002 and 2005. For copies of these two proposals, click here:
Congressman Conyers 2002 Proposed Mold Legislation
Congressman Conyers 2005 Proposed Mold Legislation
Indoor Air Quality Association
Virginia Landlord Tenant Act of 2009
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+CHAP0663
Nevada legislation declaring September as Toxic Mold Awareness Month
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/ACR/ACR7_EN.pdf
Arkansas legislation regarding mold remediators
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1467.pdf
Florida legislation regarding mold remediators
Alabama Proclamation about National Health Schools Day
http://governorpress.alabama.gov/pr/proc-2009-04-21-healthy_schools.asp
EPA Federal Interagency Committee on Indoor Air Quality
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ciaq/index.html
California mold remediation guidelines
http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/06/01/06-001.pdf
City of Los Angeles mold remediation guidelines
http://www.funguyinspections.com/PDF/Mold_Guidelines_Final_II.pdf
City of New York mold remediation guidelines
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/epi/moldrpt1.shtml
U.S. Navy Mold Remediation Guidelines
http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/downloads/prevmed/katrina/ihfom_ch13-3.pdf
Australian 2005 Mold Guideline
http://www.inspect-ny.com/sickhouse/Australian_Mold_Guideline-2005.pdf
2009 Report by the World Health Organization--"WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality--Dampness and Mould"
http://www.euro.who.int/document/E92645.pdf
U.S. Surgeon General 2009 Healthy Homes Initiative
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/healthyhomes/calltoactiontopromotehealthyhomes.pdf
U.S. Housing and Urban Development--2009 Report by the National Center for Healthy Housing
http://www.nchh.org/Policy/State-of-Healthy-Housing/Executive-Summary.aspx
New York--Report by the Coalition for Asthma-Free Homes
http://www.maketheroad.org/pix_reports/CAFHReportMay09.pdf
New York--Report on Healthy Schools
http://www.healthyschools.org/documents/HPSchlsWhtPpr.pdf
State Laws Related to Healthy Homes
http://www.healthyhomestraining.org/codes/state.htm
For a pdf version of this information, click here:
RESOURCES TO ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOLD LEGISLATION
