CAN MOLD CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE?  [ back to What's New ]
The May 2001 issue of California Lawyer reports there are 2,000 plaintiffs in California currently pursuing toxic mold cases against the builders, owners and landlords of infected building - suits modeled after a trio of highly successful cases in Florida. One case is currently in suit against Tulare County for injuries to employees of the Visalia Courthouse. The injuries alleged include headache and cognitive dysfunction. In the 19th century British archaeologists who excavated the tombs of Pharaohs died from "King Tut's Curse," when they inhaled toxic molds. The likely route of travel for toxins in the mold would be through the lung tissue into the bloodstream and across the blood-brain barrier to the brain itself. One government agency that may have more information is the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in Bethesda, Maryland.