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A DEFIBRILLATOR’s glass cabinet which was damaged by youths has been replaced courtesy of the culprits and their school.

The defibrillator, at Mold Tennis and Bowls Club, was smashed on December 4.

The incident led to Mold Alun High School putting on a session to educate its students on the apparatus and how recently saved a life at the school.

Following the session, the two students who damaged the defibrillator came forward.

They have made a contribution to a new glass cabinet for the defibrillator — with the school paying the rest.

Anthony Parry (North Wales Ambassador for Welsh Hearts), PC Debbie Barker (Mold Alun school liason officer), Katharine Rymer (Mold Tennis Club coach) and Colin Ellis (Mold Alun deputy headteacher)

Cllr Anthony Parry, former mayor of Mold and North Wales ambassador for Welsh Hearts, said: «Mold is the safest place to have a cardiac arrest in Wales — with the 23 defibrillators we have in the town.

«It’s something we should be very proud of — instead of choosing to damage them.

«But it took a lot of guts for the two Mold Alun students to come forward and I’d like to thank them for that — they made a mistake and have been big enough to own up to it.»

Jane Evans, Mold Town Council events and community engagement officer, added: «Each defibrillator costs £1600 — so it’s lucky it was only the glass cabinet which was damaged and not the defibrillator itself.

«But the town council is very grateful to the boys for helping to fund the new cabinet and the school for its support.»

source https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/18106053.praise-mold-youths-smashed-defibrillators-glass-cabinet-contribute-replacement/

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]4 Facts About Home Water Damage that Will Keep you Up at Night  Stock Daily Dish

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Huntington Beach, CA, December 12^th, 2019KABC-TV recently broadcasted a report about a surprising find for a couple that rented out their Fremont home. According to the news report, the man that rented the property turned the home into a clandestine grow operation with almost 1,200 marijuana plants in the house at the time of discovery. Not only was the house overloaded with an illegal gas line and haphazard electrical wiring, the home also suffered extensively from water damage and subsequent mold growth.This type of damage is common in properties converted for the large scale growth of marijuana. Even in a small grow operation in a home, exposure to elevated levels of mold can become a significant problem. It can even impact future building occupants since mold acts as an irritant, allergen and even an asthma trigger in some people with the condition.“Mold will quickly begin to grow due to the high humidity levels that are almost always present in these illegal grow operations,” said Michael Chapman, Laboratory Manager at LA Testing’s Huntington Beach facility. “Residential homes are not designed to handle this type of environment. With high humidity, most building materials, furnishings and personal belongings will easily support the growth of mold. Mold contamination can be costly to remediate and its presence will almost surely have a negative impact on the value of a property. If marijuana is also being smoked in the residence, smoke contamination from residues can cause ongoing odor issues.”The scientists at LA Testing help property owners, managers and tenants identify indoor mold contamination, odors, residues and other indoor environmental quality (IEQ) issues. They provide air, surface and bulk testing, as well as offer sampling supplies and easy-to-use test kits to identify mold and smoke residues.To learn more about this or other indoor air quality (IAQ), property damage, environmental, health and safety testing services, please visit www.LATesting.com, email  info@LATesting.com  or call (800) 755-1794. To access IEQ test kits, visit www.EMSLTestKits.com.About LA Testing
LA Testing is California’s leading laboratory for indoor air quality testing of asbestos, mold, lead, VOCs, formaldehyde, soot, char, ash and smoke damage, particulates and other chemicals. In addition, LA Testing offers a full range of air sampling and investigative equipment to professionals and the general public. LA Testing maintains an extensive list of accreditations including: : AIHA-LAP, LLC (AIHA-LAP, LLC EMLAP, AIHA-LAP, LLC IHLAP, AIHA-LAP, LLC ELLAP), CDC ELITE, NVLAP, State of California, State of Hawaii Department of Health and other states. LA Testing, along with the EMSL Analytical, Inc. network, has multiple laboratories throughout California including South Pasadena, Huntington Beach, San Leandro, San Diego and Ontario.

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It’s the two words that no one ever wants to hear: black mold. This is usually considered the worst one, but there are others like mildew, dust, and dirt that aren’t welcome either! These villains take more than a sponge and some cleaner to take care of now. There are services out there to help, like the AdvantaClean of Fort Lauderdale, but many people aren’t aware of the need for them even in places like Oakland Park, Weston, Pompano and Deerfield Beach.

Thanks to science, people are now aware of just how dangerous some of these substances can be to a family’s or a customer’s health. They may even have looked up some basic tips to keep their home or business free of molds and mildew, but they usually don’t know what it takes to get rid of it, completely.

Mold Remediation and Removal

This is the one that most people are concerned about and it can be one of the most dangerous to remove from a home or business. Although there are tips online about how to clean it from a building, it’s strongly recommended to have professionals do the job for them.

A professional service is trained to use the proper suits, masks, and equipment to do the job. Attempting to do the job oneself involves buying expensive masks and other items necessary to do the work and it’s usually cheaper to just hire a team! It’s also easier and poses no risk to the owner.

Water Damage Repair and Cleanup

This is a huge issue when it happens to someone. It can be the result of a flood, a burst pipe, or even a major leak in the roof, but when it does happen, it can do a lot of damage, and quickly. It’s easy to panic in these situations and become overwhelmed by the situation.

The truth is that, in many cases, water damage really is too much for a couple of people to clean up on their own. It’s something that needs to be taken care of immediately and quickly. This is also a time when it’s best to call in professionals who have the pumps and heavy equipment to get the job done.

Coil, Dryer Vent, and Air Duct Cleaning

This is among the most obvious ones that a family member or employee really can’t do by themselves, because they’re simply not qualified to do the job! It’s cleaning services that have thousands of dollars of equipment and the expertise necessary to ensure that vents and ducts are cleaned properly and they guarantee their work. Most importantly, they’re certified to do this kind of work.

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If there’s one thing physician Jim Hull has learned since beginning to operate a mobile bus, it’s this: It’s entirely possible to have an endless line of patients.

“If you tell them you’re not leaving until the last person walks in the door, they keep coming,” said the Canadian-born physician, who’s lived in the Bahamas for over 20 years.

Before Hurricane Dorian, Hull, a general practitioner with a subspecialty in skin cancer, treated patients in a private clinic in Marsh Harbour, on Great Abaco. “After we lost the clinic, my wife and I decided the best way to…rebuild the community was to go in a mobile bus” to treat patients, he said.

He secured funding, bought a used medical bus – “she needed a little tender loving care” – and started driving from community to community, offering his services.

Catching up with Direct Relief, he recalled what he’d seen that day: an infected finger, a baby with conjunctivitis, blood sugar checks, a sinus infection. Some of his patients were elderly people who hadn’t received care in weeks.

And always, there are the mental health issues: insomnia, depression, anxiety. “This island is suffering, big time,” Hull said. “There’s not a person who was in the storm, who walked the street afterward, that didn’t see a dead body…that wasn’t truly, truly afraid for their lives.”

At first, doctors who remained in or traveled to the Abacos or Grand Bahama were treating storm-related issues along with chronic diseases – injuries, amputations, infected wounds, dehydration.

But as affected communities in the Bahamas take stock of their loss and look to the future, doctors working on the Abaco Islands, on Grand Bahama, and in the capital city of Nassau, where many fled, all say they’re expecting to see more and more of the same challenges in weeks ahead: Mental health issues. Chronic health conditions, many of them untreated or worsened due to an interruption in care. And, as people increasingly return, clear out their damaged or decimated homes, and rebuild, construction-related injuries and ailments.

An Immediate Crisis

Immediately after the storm, doctors were in short supply in the storm-hit communities. “We lost a significant number of our health care providers” who left the area when their jobs, homes, and children’s schools were affected, said Dr. Delon Brennen, deputy chief medical officer at the Bahamian Ministry of Health. “We just didn’t have a complement of staff available and in place.”

Complicating matters, Brennen said, is the fact that Marsh Harbour’s government health care facility became “a de facto shelter,” housing between 1,500 and 2,000 people. “It renders a significant amount of clinical space unusable,” he said.

Dr. Elizabeth Greig, a Miami internist with a disaster response background, is overseeing the University of Miami’s deployment of volunteer physicians to the Bahamas. She said that the population movement that’s taken place as affected Bahamians first fled their homes, then returned has made health care delivery more difficult.

“Bahamian physicians have been working nonstop,” she said. “It’s sort of reached this now secondary crisis where everyone’s totally exhausted, and right at that time, all the patients come back.”

Greig said the volunteer physicians have seen a range of patients with serious illnesses “resulting from an interruption of primary care services.”

One patient, she said, came into an emergency room to get a refill of his blood pressure medication, only to find that his blood pressure was so dangerously high that he had to be admitted to the hospital.

Dr. George Charite, director of the Integrated Medical Center on Marsh Harbour, responded to patients throughout the storm. Although his clinic was destroyed, a local mortuary agreed to let them use their space.

Challenges Ahead

In both Marsh Harbour and Nassau, Dr. Charite said he’s seen a significant number of patients with chronic diseases whose access to medication has been disrupted by the storm. Cuts and bruises, along with mold-related respiratory illnesses, are also common.

And underlying it all, he said, are high levels of mental health issues like post-traumatic stress disorder. “A few weeks ago, we had a lot of rain. People were actually calling, scared that the storm was coming back again,” he recalled.

Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport, on Grand Bahama, sustained so much damage from the storm that “most of the areas were mold contaminated,” said Dr. Winston Forbes, Rand’s deputy chief of medical staff. As a result, most inpatient services are being conducted in tents outside the hospital.

For patients with more severe mental illnesses, the damaged hospital has presented a challenge. “The psych ward had to be shut down for two weeks because of mold,” Dr. Forbes said. “You can’t keep aggressive patients in tents.” Instead, those patients were airlifted into Nassau.

And while Dr. Forbes said the Rand staff is seeing many of the same non-communicable diseases they always have, the conditions are making those conditions worse. Chronic stress, salty water, and a lack of healthy food are all contributing. “People were eating whatever they could get their hands on,” Dr. Forbes said.

On Green Turtle Cay, where anesthesiologist Pam Mobley has been manning the local clinic, debris cleanup is underway and “the dump is constantly on fire” as people burn what they’ve hauled away – conditions that are bringing compound fractures and respiratory ailments to her door.

Patients have fallen off roofs and maintained puncture wounds. “I’ve given a lot of tetanus shots,” she said, along with antibiotics for infected wounds. Hygiene on the island still isn’t where she’d like it to be.

And the mold and mildew are getting to her patients. “Everybody’s coughing and sneezing and sniffling,” she said.

When it comes to rebuilding health on the island, doctors know there’s a long road ahead.

“I don’t believe that within three months, six months, even a year” the Bahamas will recover, said Dr. Brennen, who explained that health care in the island nation will need to be reimagined to be more efficient and disaster-proof.

And both Dr. Brennen and Dr. Hull stressed the importance of ongoing humanitarian aid to the island. Aid groups have provided everything from medicines and supplies to clean water, and Dr. Hull said the Bahamas simply doesn’t have the infrastructure to recover without outside help.

“One of the things people are afraid of the most right now is that the world is going to forget about them,” he said.

source https://www.directrelief.org/2019/12/chronic-disease-injuries-and-mental-health-issues-the-bahamas-challenging-future/

Thousands of homes across Michigan are affected by flooding. Weather-related disasters and leaking pipes or water lines wreak havoc on our houses, costing thousands of dollars in mitigation and repair.(Photo: Modernistic)

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Every year, thousands of homes across Michigan are affected by flooding. Burst pipes, ice dams, melting snow, and other weather-related disasters wreak havoc on our houses, costing thousands of dollars in mitigation and repair. Here are 4 things to be wary of when it comes to water damage:

1. Mold can begin growing in as little as 24 hours!

Potentially dangerous mold needs three things to start growing: oxygen, moisture and organic material. In an untreated area with these factors, mold can visibly form very quickly. While not all mold strains are toxic, there are several types that are dangerous to your health; you definitely don’t want Aspergillus or Stachybotrys (Black Mold) growing in your home!

2. Even the smallest crack in a pipe can spill 250 gallons of water a day!

An eighth of an inch may not sound massive, but a crack that size in a water supply pipe can rack up massive repair bills in a hurry. As much as 250 gallons can leak out in a day’s time! Not fun to deal with!

3. Floodwater can be electrically charged – and deadly!

Even a few inches of water can reach outlets, baseboard heaters, power cords and other devices connected to your electrical system. As soon as you see unwanted water, try to turn off the electricity to the affected area. If you are unable to do so safely, or the fuse box is located in the affected area, your electric utility and have them disconnect the power to your home from their end.

4. Even fresh water can turn into a biohazard over time!

Water damage comes in three categories – clean, gray and black:

• Clean water has no contamination. It can come from clean water sources, such as water supply lines, tub overflows or fresh rainwater.

• Grey water has contaminants that are not considered pathogenic. These contaminants still have a chance to cause illness or discomfort. Washing machine overflows, aquarium water and washing machine leaks are all examples of grey water flooding.

• Black water has pathogenic contamination and is unsanitary. Sewage, chemical waste, and any water sitting for more than 72 hours are all considered black water situations. If left alone, clean water will turn into a pathogenic biohazard in only a few days.

With this info, you should be able to avoid these common pitfalls of home flooding. If a water removal job is too daunting to DIY, it never hurts to

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation sponsored by Rep. Derek Kilmer that would provide resources to coastal tribes to support their efforts to mitigate threats caused by climate change and sea level rise.

The House approved House Resolution 729 on a near-party-line vote last Tuesday, sending the bills to the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate.

The vote was 262 in favor and 151 against.

Kilmer’s Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act provides federal resources to Native American tribes living in coastal areas to support their efforts to mitigate threats caused by climate change and sea-level rise.

The bill would modernize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coastal Zone Management Grant Program to create a dedicated set-aside for tribal communities to secure grant funding to support key projects that will protect their people and landmarks from changing landscapes and weather events.

“I’m grateful the package of bills passed today includes a bipartisan bill I’ve introduced, the Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act, to provide tribal communities with direct access to much needed resources to enhance their coastal resiliency and keep their people out of harm’s way,” Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, said Tuesday.

“I’m proud that the House is continuing to take action to combat climate change by passing actionable, ambitious, bipartisan bills that can not only help our planet — but create quality jobs and keep communities safe. It’s great news that the House passed this legislation, and I hope the Senate will enable this to become law.”

Coastal tribes are increasingly confronting persistent flooding, mold damage, tsunami threats and erosion, according to Kilmer’s office. Washington state has more than 3,000 miles of marine coastline, where 17 tribal communities have made their homes.

Kilmer’s 6th Congressional District includes the North Olympic Peninsula.

To date, tribes such as the Quileute Nation village of La Push, the Hoh Tribe, the Makah Tribe, and the Quinault Indian Nation have started the process of moving assets and people to higher ground.

“I would like to thank the House of Representatives for considering and passing the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act today. I would also like to thank Congressman Derek Kilmer for his continued leadership and work in Congress to address climate change,” said Fawn Sharp, president of the Quinault Indian Nation.

“This bill will make available to Tribes grant funding for the protection and preservation of Tribal coastal zones and areas. This funding will be very helpful to every Tribe that is dealing with rising sea level, and coastal and shoreline degradation and destabilization due to climate change. I urge the Senate to immediately pass this important legislation.”

Kilmer’s bill recognizes tribal sovereignty by amending the Coastal Zone Management Act to allow tribal governments to directly compete for Coastal Zone Management Grants, instead of requiring them to petition states to prioritize their projects.

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Mold grows just about everywhere and in every state, but some are more prone to it than others and for various reasons. The first is just how dry or wet a state tends to be, and no not for the availability of alcohol! Mold grows best in wet areas, and Florida is no stranger to water. As a result, mold removal is necessary.

Florida, itself, is prone to flooding and it’s listed as one of the state’s most frequent hazards. It’s become so frequent that the sunshine state has entire websites devoted to letting people know if they reside, or are moving into, areas that are prone to floods. This alone makes many homes vulnerable to the presence of mold.

Per every hurricane system, at least two of them make landfall in the U.S., and about forty percent of them hit Florida. That might not seem like much, but it’s still among the few states that routinely get hit with a hurricane. Hurricanes can do a lot of damage and involve heavy downpours. In those conditions, it doesn’t take a lot for water to get into a home.

There’s also the amount of rainfall that Florida gets from year-to-year. This isn’t just a few inches; it’s actually around four to five feet annually in many places! It’s that rain that keeps the grass green, but it can also cause leaks in people’s roofs. Once that water gets in, it can cause a lot of problems for homeowners.

In addition to that, there are many homes now in Florida where having a house “on the water” is much more literal than people think. Places, like Key Largo, have communities that almost resemble Venice in that the water is just feet from their doorstep! It’s also a simple truth that mold would be a concern for anyone living such close proximity to the ocean.

All of these water-related incidents in Florida has resulted in a great surge in the need for mold remediation and removal. But, mold isn’t that big of a deal, is it? Won’t a bucket, some bleach, and a sponge take care of that? The answer may be surprising to many in that dealing with mold all by one’s lonesome can result in some serious health issues, and yes, even death.

That’s why any mold found in a house needs to be taken seriously. If any is discovered, then it’s best to call in someone right away to determine if it’s dangerous. It’s true that there are a number of regular molds that aren’t life-threatening, but black mold can be a real problem. People usually know now that this type of mold can get into the air and then family members can end up breathing it in, but it can also get into their food, as well.

The health effects of black mold can result in a number of health problems including infections, allergies, asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, and even cancer, and that’s just to name a few.

So, if any mold is encountered in a home, make sure to call in a professional company and get it checked to make sure that it isn’t dangerous, but what if it is? That’s when people are glad that they called a mold remediation and removal company because they are the experts on getting rid of the problem.

Doing the job of mold removal, oneself, can be dangerous, time-consuming, not to mention, costly. When one attempts to remove mold without professional training, they can’t just grab a bucket and a sponge and get to work. When it comes to dangerous molds, like black mold, there are quite a number of precautions to take.

First, one has to make sure that they have the proper respirators to wear, and then they need to wear either old clothing they can throw away or a protective suit. The job also requires strong and flexible gloves.

In cases where there is still a significant amount of water on the floor, equipment needs to be rented or purchased to remove the water and dry out the home before work even starts! After that, the mold can be removed with bleach, but proper care has to be taken not to come in direct contact with the mold or to breathe it in. If that sounds like a lot to do, be ready, because there are several more things that have to be done to ensure that nothing goes wrong!

With all of these expenses and precautions that one has to take, it really is better, and likely cheaper, to call in a mold remediation team to get rid of the problem. It’s also the best way to ensure that the work is done right, so it’s a good idea to keep that in mind the next time mold is sighted in one’s home!

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