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This study measured airborne mold levels in various locations in New Orleans in October and November 2005. 
 
They found extremely high mold levels indoors and outdoors, particularly in areas that were flooded after Hurricane Katrina. 
 
Forty-five different species of mold were identified, including Stachybotrys ("toxic mold"), Cladosporum, and Aspergillus/Penicillium. These types of molds cause symptoms such as major allergic and asthmatic attacks, pneumonia-like illnesses, and reactions to mold toxins (mycotoxins).  
 
Researchers claim that the government has neither monitored mold levels nor done anything to help residents cope with the problem.

Study finds high mold levels in post-Katrina New Orleans air

News-Medical.net - 6/18/2006 2:52 PM

Airborne mold levels left in New Orleans pose a "significant respiratory hazard" to residents returning to the devastated city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, according to a paper published on the website of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
 
The paper - the first scientific study of New Orleans air quality since Hurricane Katrina - was published by a team of researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder; University of California, Berkeley; and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The researchers did the study in collaboration with New Orleans community groups.
 
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