Dear Oak Ridge Citizen:
Welcome to the teaching profession, your actions have just
placed you in your childrens eyes as their new teacher, as
Linda May has created such much more confusion as to the
conditionls of health. Upon the reviews of her
qualifications and her public forums of knowlege of toxic
mold I found her to come from the same thread, and ciriculum
of Lipsey and Associates. From an expert on toxic exposure
and knowlege of building conditions I would say he is much
better in keeping from being blindsided. Ms May lost most if
not all credibility by assertions that mold sickness was
communicable between famliy members, as implied through the
blood as HIV, or infectious as AIDS, or any other
communicable infection. There was unfounded fear spread
through out your community invited by your group, where Ms
May has no vested intrest except being highlighted into the
public eye as a expert witness. From her public radio
communitator on the mold subject she appearst to be most
quaified as a school nurse, or facility nurse to treat
syptomatic problems, but not to diagnosis any illness. I
didn't read anywhere the qualification of MD.
By state Law and Federal Law the North Carolina Department of
Health is the authority to define the health of its citizens.
All those agencies invited in will have to be paid, and will
provide reports, and unless there is an associated death for
the cornor that is willing to say the death is a direct
result of mold, your school year will be filled with parents
and teachers not knowing if it ok to come back,or do I just
stay home and provide my education for my children.
When its all said and done, its your decision Concerned
Citizen. What say you to your chidren? Why don't you invite
Ms May to come in and provide a free home school for all.
She got the ball rolling for you; she got what she wanted,
and your time is running out.
jc
On 7/01/09, Oak Ridge Citizen wrote:
> I am one of the original members of the group that bought
> Linda May into our situation at Oak Ridge. The amount of
> sickness we have had at our school among children and
> faculty has been both distressing and alarming. Ongoing
> problems for 4 years finally came to a head at our school
> thanks to Linda May. We have a lot of issues with the
> school district and have no faith in what they have done
> to help our students and staff. In fact, they knowingly
> put children and staff into the new school building in
> 2005 with mold already in it. Ongoing roof leaks, poor
> construction, lack of fresh air ventilation, and other
> factors have contributed to further mold growth. Moldy
> carpets have been ripped up with people still present in
> the building and the HVAC system still running. Correct
> proticol per OSHA and the CDC has not been followed. Each
> time this was done, students and staff became sicker. The
> situation is deplorable and I and many others are appalled
> at the response from the school system. Various
> environmental reports show that indoor air mold spore
> counts were too high in parts of the building to even
> enumerate. Frequent nose bleeds (one child from her
> eyes), burning eyes and throat, skin rashes, unusual
> headaches, nausea, fatigue, metallic tingly sensation in
> mouth, deteriation of sight, ongoing sinus and bronchial
> infections, are some of the symptoms that children and
> teachers have been experiencing. Up until Linda May
> arrived, our school district was not responding in an
> appropriate manner. Linda helped the community lodge a
> NCDOL complaint, she spoke in front of the school board,
> and held a community forum (Paul Clark's comments were
> taken out of context and very poor journalism). Linda did
> not charge a cent nor ask for anything in return. The
> school is now closed for the summer and NIOSH is coming in
> to investigate. In addition, NCDOL is involved now too.
> Linda has been instrumental in keeping the school system
> accountable and ensuring that the students and staff are
> not subjected to this any longer.
>
> A local physicians office has been inundated with sickness
> from children and staff from the school. Blood test
> results show extremely high levels (class 4) of antibodies
> to aspergillus and penicillium. These molds have been
> throughout our school for 4 years. According to Dr.
> Robinson (NC Director of Public Health), these antibody
> tests shows that these people are healthy and that their
> bodies are functioning correctly.
>
> The NC Dept of Health refuses to acknowledge that mold has
> caused any health issues at Oak Ridge. How can they be
> allowed to stand behind these statements? It seems that
> there are a lot of political games being played at the
> expense of our children's health. Shame on the school
> system and the Dept of Health for not putting safety and
> health first.
>
> What a deplorable situation that would be much worse
> without the help of Linda May.
>
> Four years of this is unnacceptable and our children and
> teachers deserve better.
>
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