News tagged with 'Sick Building Syndrome'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ombudsman, Robert J. Martin, is investigating whether the EPA opened the Hart Senate Office Building before it was properly decontaminated. The building, which houses fifty senators and hundreds of staffers, was closed last fall after anthrax spores were discovered insi

For months, workers at the Jacksonville Federal courthouse have blamed the building's mold and mildew contamination for their health problems. Employees say their landlord, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), does not appreciate the health risks associated with toxic mold. Recently, several judges who wor

The judge overseeing a high profile murder trial in Jacksonville may move the proceeding after a health consultant examining the Jacksonville Federal courthouse found large amounts of mold and mildew that could cause serious respiratory problems. The consultant told U.S. District Judge Henry Lee Adams Jr. that people

A Florida woman will not have to pay for her lung transplant and other medical bills after a judge ruled in November of 2000 that her exposure to bacteria, fungi, mold, and other toxic substances at work caused her to contract a sometimes-fatal pulmonary disorder. Jo Ann Holder of Haines City, Florida was employed by

Officials recently revealed to employees of Tampa's Sam Gibbons Federal Courthouse the details of a report that the building they work in is making them sick. The private environmental assessment company's report tells of mold, fungi and sick employees in six federal courthouses throughout Florida. According to

Employees working in the Sam M. Gibbons Federal Courthouse in Tampa are three times more likely to have adult onset asthma and other respiratory illnesses than other Federal courthouse employees within the State. Courthouse employees also report nearly five times as many cases of "sick building syndrome," an illness c

Recently, an Orlando, Florida man died of emphysema complications brought on by working in a sick building. Peter Karp, 61, took a job as a computer programmer with the Orange County government. Unbeknownst to Karp, the air-conditioning system in his office was contaminated with mold and fungus, aggravating his preex