Real Estate Journal — Owners, Developers & Managers — October 24 - November 13, 2014 — 11B
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By Lee E. Wasserman, LEW Corporation Do you want an environmental law that regulates Mold?
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will substantially eliminate the VERY REAL occurrence and growth of Mold Litigation (no-pun). Mold is a naturally occurring living fungi. Nature, God, and evolution wanted it and we need mold on earth for our ex- istence as part of our total eco- system. Mother Nature wanted it this way and as the very old expression goes, “You cannot beat mother nature!” Molds are also allergens, and some of us are genetically more sensitive to allergens than others. Some allergens can be lethal, such as bee stings or peanut butter. So, agreeing with the fact that
o you want another environmental law? An environmental
some of us are more suscep- tible to some allergen’s than others. The fact that Mold is a living thing that likes to eat carbon-based matter, inclusive of building materials, so long as there is sufficient moisture. The fact mold spores are al- most everywhere in nature. Concludes, molds canNOT stop from migrating into our living environments unless a very expensive and well-designed decontamination and building wide air filtration system is in- stalled (LOL). Since it would be very challenging and costly to prevent mold spore migration, continued on page 18B
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law that reg- ulates that p e s t y a n d s ome t i me s d a n g e r o u s natural liv- i n g f u n g i - M O L D ? Another en- vironmental
Lee Wasserman
AccuTech Environmental Services, Inc. 43 West Front Street - Rear Suite, Keyport, NJ 07735
four letter word, another regu- lation to comply with, more training and records retention, and yes, more cost to comply. After substantial thought, sub- stantial experience, substan- tial conversation with others and several hurricanes, as a national respected environ- mental expert with more than 20 years hands-on experience, the answer is YES! Not be- cause I want more regulation and government to dictate my life. Not because I want more responsibility and accountabil- ity. Not because I want more cost to comply. I am an advo- cate of Mold regulations for a number of more important and costly reasons. First, and most importantly, the role of our government is to serve and protect the people (LOL). After experiencing Katrina, Irene, and recently Sandy, working decades with landlords and property own- er’s/managers, developers, and homeowners what I clearly see is without some form of regula- tion followed by accountability with a recognized and accept- ed, (Not smoke and mirrors or Wonder Products), series of best practices/protocol’s, mold evaluation and remediation has been and will continue to be The Wild West!! Whereby, property owners (sellers and buyers), contractors, realtors, home inspectors, real estate professionals, lawyers and all others involved with a mold or suspect mold occurrence and/ or a moisture event will be at risk!!! I have seen and unfortu- nately experienced it with my own two eyes, too frequently. If you are an individual who prefers Litigation on a regular basis versus regulation then you would not be in favor of a Mold Law. However, for those of us who do not prefer Litiga- tion, a Mold regulation with a well-defined outline of prior experiences required of its practitioners, best evaluation practices, and corrective ac- tions coupled with accountabil- ity of those who don’t comply,
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