Find out why the staff of California Job Journal feels so passionate about the public health danger of toxic mold.

Toxic Mold in the Workplace
(This series of articles originally ran in California Job Journal during April 2000.)

Part I: Evacuated Job Journal Staff Confronts an Unregulated Workplace Hazard

Part II: Decontamination Daze
Sidebar: Working on the Front Lines of an Office Infestation

Part III: Battling Bigger Varmints
Sidebar: There Ought to Be a Law

Press release about our lawsuit against the property managers of our mold infested building.

Our Story in the Media

Mold to Blame for Work Illnesses? Law, Medical Tests Provide Little Help (Sacramento Bee, July 9, 2000)

Mold taints CalPERS property deal, tenants say (Sacramento Bee, September 22, 2000)

Job Journal sues REIT over toxic mold controversy (Sacramento Business Journal, September 25, 2000)

Property deal woes increasing: Coercion claim over mold (Sacramento Bee, September 28, 2000)

Unease about mold problems grows (Sacramento Business Journal, October 27, 2000)

On February 23, 2001, California State Senator Debra Ortiz introduced the Toxic Mold Protection Act (SB 732) addressing the growing public health danger of toxic mold. We strongly support this measure and ask you to become informed about the bill and help us in the crusade for responsible toxic mold legislation.

Read the bill and follow its progress through the legislative process at the California State Senate website.

Press release about Senate Health and Human Services Committee informational hearing for SB 732.

Brief outline of SB 732

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Call or write your Senator or Assembly person about your toxic mold concerns and your support of SB 732.

Find your State Senator
Find your Assemblyperson

Voice your concern about toxic mold to your local paper. Write a letter to the editor or contact the paper's health writer.

SB 732 in the Media

Mold puts gloom in real estate: Lawsuits, remedies costly (Sacramento Bee, February 22, 2001)

Brockovich plans to testify on mold before state Senate (Sacramento Bee, March 6, 2001)

Builders, apartment owners tentatively support mold legislation (AP News, March 7, 2001)

Activist's new fight hits home: Brockovich targets mold (Sacramento Bee, March 8, 2001)

Erin Brockovich Crusades Against Mold State lawmakers told of potential health dangers (San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, 2001)

Brockovich Adds Color to the Mold Issue (Sacramento Bee, March 8, 2001)

Mold Problem Hard to Pin Down -- Ailments, Remedies Unclear; Laws Lacking (Sacramento Bee, March 12, 2001)

There is presently no federal or state agency that can officially help you deal with toxic mold problems, but here are some informative websites to help you understand mold, the effects of toxic mold exposure, and what you can do about it.

Department of Health Service's Mold Information - a good place to start for those needing more information about mold.

Toxicmold.org - archive of articles about toxic mold from newspapers around the nation.

Toxlaw.com - legal information about a variety of toxic issues including mold.

Mold in the Media

Damage claim for mold results in $18 million verdict (Sacramento Business Journal, October 5, 2000)

Complexes will accept tenants evicted by mold (Sacramento Bee, December 2, 2000)

Concrete led to mold, suit claims (Sacramento Business Journal, February 2, 2001)

A Plague on their Houses Hunters Point residents blame health woes on molds that thrive in leaky apartments (San Francisco Chronicle, February 11, 2001)

Supervisors Tackle Mold Issue At Hunters Point Apartments Two call for cleanup of subsidized housing (San Francisco Chronicle, February 14, 2001)

Dangerous Mold Lingers in S.F. Public Housing Despite Repairs Local Agencies Agree to Monitor Problem (San Francisco Chronicle, March 23, 2001)