WI: UW building's mold sickens workers, students

Summer Boyd says that mold problems in Ingraham Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are so bad that she has to work at home. Numerous other workers in the 1960s-era building say they have been plagued with breathing difficulties, burning throats, itchy eyes and coughs, and that UW officials have been slow to solve the problem. UW officials and workers in the building agree that mold developed in basement rooms in February after water leaked from the deli above. Further problems surfaced in offices on the third floor of the building in August during a hot, rainy period when a foul smell developed after air conditioners leaked, said Boyd, an administrator in the American Indian and Asian American Studies programs. University officials met with the workers Wednesday and say they have been trying to solve the problems. But they concede that fixes have not worked. 

 

Source: The Capital Times, 10/11/07. VIA-www.glrpprorg