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Posted on 09/01/2006 3:04:43 PM PDT by blam
Mould no threat to people of New Orleans
01 September 2006
From New Scientist Print Edition.
The buildings of New Orleans were left covered with mould after the floods caused by hurricane Katrina, but it seems the spores pose little threat to the city's remaining inhabitants.
High levels of airborne fungal spores were reported in the flood zone soon after the hurricane. One species of particular concern to health officials was Stachybotrys, which is blamed for a wide range of health problems, particularly in people with asthma.
But last week the International Congress on Aerobiology in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, heard that few airborne spores reached the unflooded areas of the city. While total airborne spore counts are now about 50 per cent higher than in 2003 and 2004, Stachybotrys spores are "present and detectable, but not abundant", says Estelle Levetin at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
I can't imagine that a temporary inundation could make it any more mold-susceptible than the swamp has been for centuries.
Mould or Mold? Clarify. Perhaps it is another word I have always spelled incorrectly.
Bawhahahha...that's exactly what I was thinking too!
Notice how I had to say "spelled incorrectly"? Because I never can remember how to spell "misspelled, mis-spelled, whatever!" I just gave up on that one.
Bad Spellers of the World: UNTIE!
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Is that the type of mould that grows on asbestos?
Colour me confused. I wanted catsup and all that was in sight was ketchup.
Okay, someone needs to post the "Mavis Beacon Tpying" picture.
OLO ! BTW I suppose you refer to the 'mean' instead of the 'median' in your tagline.
I believe it was George Bernard Shaw who said that the United States and England were two great countries divided by a common language...
I should say not.
OOPS! I meant the 'median' instead of the 'mean'.
As my Mexican wife would say:
Aye ye ye ye ye!
Tan burrito!
Here it is for all you anthrax fans.
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=574&NewsID=743565&CategoryID=8012&on=1
I was listening to a reporter do a "Katrina, one-year-later" story on the radio. He began to sound irritated, then started chuckling. He told of a particularly unique annoyance that is prevalent in the ruined areas of New Orleans. All of these houses that were destroyed had smoke detectors in them. Since the houses have not yet been cleared away, the batteries in those detectors are starting to wear down. And they are CHIRPING. He said it is everywhere and it is loud. How annoying would that be?? I hate it when that happens. I bet those batteries will take a long time to go completely dead.
New orleans is now a radioactive wasteland:
"The radionuclide used in ionization smoke detectors is an oxide of americium-241, which is bonded to a metallic foil and sealed in an ionization chamber. As long as you use the smoke detector as directed and do not open it, it poses no radiation health risk to humans--always use a smoke detector in your home.
Americium-241 is a man-made radioactive metal, first discovered during the Manhattan project, the national program that first developed atomic weapons during World War II. Americium-241 emits alpha particles and low-energy gamma rays. The smoke detector alarm goes off when the flow of alpha particles is interrupted by smoke particles."
http://www.epa.gov/radtown/smoke-detector.htm
According to the EPA.
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