If your basement is musty, if there are black, green or purple blotches on or behind your walls and ceiling tile, or if there is any kind of growth thriving under your carpets or rugs, you are probably sharing your home with a colony of mold. This is a potential health danger for your family and also a legal liability should you want to sell your home. Because of fear over mold contamination there are so many lawsuits flying around today that sales of resale homes are in jeopardy in some jurisdictions and insurance companies are scrambling to avoid liability – with some U.S. insurers refusing to write any new homeowner policies. Just how much of a health danger mold can be is currently being debated in courtrooms around the continent. But there’s little doubt that s...
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