Need For Toxic Mold Legislation

The Need For Toxic Mold Legislation


For far too long, laws have been needed in order to protect many individuals from the hazards of indoor mold. Currently there are no agency’s to call or any avenues for renters, hotel/motel guests, or condo owners to take that can force responsible parties to act when it comes to mold. Many individuals over the years have fallen ill, lost pets, and lost all their possessions due to this. More over, their lives have been totally altered or in many cases ruined. Even in courts, judges have no law to use and in many cases are telling tenants just to move with no justice being served. Due to this, others will follow and end up in harms way. This must stop. Many are calling or writing me begging for help. Children are suffering and many are ending up permanently injured or in some cases there have been fatalities.

There is research, which depicts actual autopsy reports on young children, showing the routes that the mold toxins took causing their deaths. Lives are also ruined because several mold victims end up with a Hypersensitivity To Chemicals (Toxic Encelphalopathy). This is caused by the immune system becoming so damaged due to the toxins that several chemicals make these poor victims ill. This causes many to fall ill where ever they go. Whether to a store, library, or doctor’s offices, these victims get ill from chemicals that are used in everyday products. Perfumes, inks, deodorants, soaps and laundry detergents are just some of the products that hurt these victims and damage their immune & organ systems further. I can tell you first hand how true this is. This causes children to have even more problems with school and the ability to learn and even play.

Legislators have also stated that many constituents call them requesting help and advice due to mold. Top Board of Health officials have told me that for years they have desperately tried to get laws like this in place. That so many are in need of help and there is nothing they can do. This is absurd. If needed, I can put you in touch with many experts that can help educate personnel on the health effects associated with mold and train personnel on how to test for mold. Top researchers and doctors have stated that they would come in person to testify on this Bill’s behalf.

Molds are somewhat like ice bergs. Much of what you cannot see can be very dangerous. It can thrive behind walls and in HVAC systems, emitting spores that are full of toxins throughout the entire structure. This is why I feel that air testing is so important to be included in the legislation. With air testing, there are basic levels which reflect mold growth. These levels pertain only to the numbers that reflect growth and are not reflective of the term “safe levels”. There are no such levels. The toxins emitted by mold accumulate over time in the human body and on possessions. If mold is present, any level will lead to danger. The EPA already established that over 35 micrograms per cubic meter made up of any small particles is considered hazardous to human health. I also have in possession actual test results from labs and environmental reports that can be copied and shown, as a guide to what test results look like. In fact, I have been present when tests have been conducted and witnessed that testing is not that difficult. One room can be air tested in less then thirty minutes. There are also mold test kits that can be purchased in home improvement stores. They cost $9 and $35 for the lab testing and there are copies of these reports available that constituents have sent to me. I am also confident that perhaps an arrangement could be worked out with a testing facility such as Rutgers University. Right now they offer a service to test swab cultures for $50. They also provide the exact same test for free, but it takes an extra two weeks to get the results. The $50 test results are done within three to five days. In NJ there are laboratories that conduct these tests such as P&K Laboratories, formerly owned by Dr. Yang and another lab, which Dr. Yang recently opened. All the resources needed are conveniently near by. All the scientific and medical data this is being addressed in this legislation, has been confirmed many times over by science and practicing physicians. In NJ however, there is only one doctor that I know of that can even treat these people. This makes it even more imperative that laws are put in place that will protect the innocent.

It has been forecast that this is becoming an epidemic. Letting it cluster in house after house is a large cause of this. Stop the growths early and stop additional spores from entering near by houses or buildings. I get many calls from individuals whose houses are located very near to each other and apparently one by one they have fell victim to mold. The warmer year round temperatures, which creates a mesophilic climate, is also conducive to mold growth. Something better be done. Please insert the following concepts’ into the legislation that is now being introduced. Let this serve as a blue print for the legislation being drafted. To do any thing less, would shut down any avenue for help that so many need. All this is stating is that people need someone with authority that can confirm and make property owners keep everyone safe from mold. It is that simple. This is what is needed.

I am calling this the “Justice Against Mold Act” because this is actually the justice that so many have been in need of for several years. It also takes the controversial word “Toxic” out which has been in the titles of past legislation, which top officials have stated caused too much controversy. Mold whether toxic or not, is a health hazard and laws need to be enacted in order to protect the masses from either ignorance or neglect by property owners. I look forward to going to Trenton in order to give testimony in regards to this emergent situation. Thank you for your support with this matter.

Sincerely yours,


John McBride
"MCS" Beacon Of Hope Foundation’s New Jersey State Representative & Toxic Mold Activist/Consultant
New Jersey Legislative Initiative Against Toxic Mold
Moldleg333@live.com

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