BARTLETT, Tenn. (FOX13) - A silent danger could be growing in your home. The Center for Disease Control says black mold can cause respiratory problems, fever, and other serious symptoms.

Right now it's causing a nightmare for three families after dangerous levels of black mold were found in at least three apartments at the Quail Ridge Highlands Apartments in Bartlett.

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Bartlett Code Enforcement declared all three units unlivable.

It is growing up my daughter's windows, the window sill, we found it and we have a 20-month old son, it was growing in his closet and along his window sill, Resident Jessie Sidle said.

Sidle says she's lived at the Quail Ridge Highlands Apartments for two years, but it wasn't until this year she says the issue started getting really bad.

My son has constantly had upper respiratory infection, he's been hospitalized for RSV, which can be a side effect from the mold, Sidle said.

Sidle's family is not alone. FOX13 spoke to two other families by phone who say they and their children have had serious health issues too.

Two of them, their children have been diagnosed with asthma when there's no history of asthma in the family, and our pediatricians are telling us to get our kids out of these environments, Sidle said.

The residents and property managers disagree on when management was notified of the problem.

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Gahanna Residents in Need By MARLA K. KUHLMAN Tuesday March 3, 2015 9:33 PM

Gahanna Residents in Need is back to the drawing board in searching for a new location to serve the community.

Brenda Johnston, GRIN executive director, said there were too many issues with the Hamilton House, 87 S. Hamilton Road, for GRIN to lease it from the city.

GRIN, a faith-based organization that helps local residents with food, clothing and other assistance, has been searching for 12 months to find one location to house its food pantry, free clothing store and offices.

The latest prospect was the Hamilton House, Johnston said, but it was cost prohibitive due to needed pavement in the back yard for parking, mold remediation and furnace repairs.

The pantry and utility assistance offices are currently located at Mifflin Presbyterian Church, while the free clothing store is at Stonybrook United Methodist Church.

"We're asking the community to help us help the community by expanding services and integrating into one location," Johnston said.

The group needs a facility that's 2,500 to 5,000 square feet.

She said GRIN also would like the ability to have a refrigeration unit for fresh produce. The facility also would require a restroom.

"It doesn't matter about the divisions of the building," Johnston said. "We need it big enough to house the clothing free store, pantry and offices. We're willing to lease to buy. We're willing to rent what's available. We want to integrate all our services in one building."

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NORCROSS Speeders beware: A new patrol unit is coming for you.

The Norcross Police Departments new traffic enforcement unit, approved by the City Council on Monday night, wont be large, but officials feel it will be effective. The unit will consist of two new officers, one in a cruiser, one on a motorcycle.

The main impetus is the traffic wrecks keep going up, Mayor Bucky Johnson said after the councils meeting, adding: We do policing based on data.

The data, according to police chief Warren Summers, includes an increase in accidents from 600 to 1,600 in the city limits since Norcross annexed in new land in 2012.

Most of these accidents are occurring on the roadways which comprise the outer borders of the city limits, Warren wrote in a request to the council. The goal of the Traffic Enforcement will be to reduce the overall number of accidents along with a reduction in injury and fatal accidents.

The chief said the issues are in the areas of Jimmy Carter Boulevard, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Beaver Ruin Road Indian Trail and Brook Hollow Parkway.

The mayor said complaints from residents about speeding also factored into the decision.

Including pay, training and equipment, the cost of the new officers for the first year will be $250,000, a bill which can be paid with federal seized funds, Summers said. The officers are expected to cost $56,321 each annually, salary and benefits.

The new officers will bring the departments officer total to 43.

During the meeting, the council also:

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Amityville, NY (PRWEB) February 27, 2015

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It was the day after Mothers Day in 2012 when Faith Walker ran into her East Baltimore house unable to breathe.

Her mother, Tyishia Walker, who suffers from asthma and has an older daughter with the disease, knew exactly what was wrong: Faith also had the chronic lung condition.

Im sure its from living in the city, said Tyishia Walker. We have more rats, more mice. The house is old and moldy. I believe it makes a big difference.

For the past 50 years, scientists also believed urban living led to higher rates of asthma in children. But new research from Johns Hopkins Childrens Center disputes the notion that geography alone is a major risk factor for the disease and its telltale coughing, wheezing and breathlessness.

Up to 20 percent of children in Baltimore City have asthma, compared with the national average of 9.4 percent, according to government data. There are, however, pockets around the country in suburban and rural areas where the prevalence of asthma is just as high, according to the study, recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

The common links among 23,000 patient records reviewed from around the country appeared to be race, ethnicity and income, said Dr. Corinne Keet, a pediatric allergy and asthma specialist at Hopkins and the studys lead investigator.

Public health advocates say the information could impact how health departments allocate resources in suburban and rural areas, ensuring that at-risk kids outside of cities are screened and treated.

Key risk factors for asthma include roach and other pest allergens, indoor smoke, air pollution and premature births, but such issues are not exclusive to cities. Poor people dont necessarily escape poverty by moving out of inner cities, and those who are African-American or Puerto Rican, specifically, dont escape the genes that may be at play.

Nationally, about 17 percent of black children and 20 percent of Puerto Rican children have asthma, compared with 10 percent of white children and 8 percent of Asian children, government data show.

When we did the study we were expecting the prevalence to be higher in inner cities, Keet said. When we looked more closely at poor areas in cities and poor areas not in cities, we found there wasnt a big difference.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Knox County Clerk Foster Arnett Jr. has filed suit against the Public Building Authority over "toxic mold" in his courthouse office.

The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1EMMNxk) reports Arnett's lawyer, Darren Berg, said Monday that he asked the court make PBA move Arnett and his 64 workers to a safe location while mold "testing and remediation" take place.

The lawsuit says a window restoration project at the courthouse in 2012 released "mold spores, toxic mold spores and/or other toxins" that created a "hazardous environment" causing medical problems for Arnett and his staff.

PBA Director Dale Smith declined to comment.

Knox County Law Director Richard "Bud" Armstrong also declined to discuss litigation against the county, but he said the law department would review the complaint and file and response within 60 days.

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