Released on = January 1, 2006, 12:58 pm

Press Release Author = Barbara Wiseman

Industry = Environment

Press Release Summary = Toxic mold is spreading in homes and buildings throughout
the Gulf Coast as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Earth Organization,
an international environmental group, arrived in New Orleans last week to coordinate
distribution to flood victims of 10,000 gallons of a cutting edge, non-toxic
technology for mold remediation.

Press Release Body = New Orleans, LA - Among the aftermath of devastation wrought by
storm surges and floodwaters after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is the persistent and
dangerously toxic mold now proliferating throughout the Gulf Coast. Barbara
Wiseman, President of The Earth Organization (TEO), a non-profit international
environmental group, arrived in New Orleans last week to coordinate distribution to
flood victims of 10,000 gallons of a liquid solution using the latest microorganism
technology for mold remediation. "Our first task is to educate the public on this
vital, effective technology. It's so different than what they are currently using
that, until they see the results, people are often pretty skeptical. It can sound
too good to be true. "

Property owners and construction workers currently wage war against noxious mold by
donning full-body decontamination suits and heavy respirators, scraping the walls
with wire brushes, and then spraying it with chlorine bleach or other caustic
chemicals. Often, within two to three weeks, even more toxic mold begins to form.
The process is dangerous, exhausting, and often has to be repeated. "It broke my
heart when I saw several young relief workers with obvious chlorine poisoning,
burned skin, red eyes, and looking utterly exhausted," she said.

Microorganisms are living bacteria that digest and break down harmful substances
into their nontoxic components. They can eliminate disease-causing pathogens and
odor and were successfully used to decontaminate toxic waters and sewage from the
2004 tsunami in southern Asia. As a result, the 100,000 deaths from the spread of
pathogen diseases that the World Health Organization predicted following the Tsunami
never occurred.

According to Wiseman, using the microorganism technology to handle mold has several
benefits. "It's hugely labor-saving, and while you still have to wear a
high-quality respirator to protect you from the mold, you don't need to wear a
decontamination suit because it's so safe you can inhale it or consume it.
Additionally, once you've properly misted a building with this, it creates a
microbial environment that doesn't attract further mold."

TEO is raising donations to be able to make as much of the mold-consuming liquid
available to the stricken areas as possible. "We are opening up every channel we can
find to get the funding and personnel to get this done now," said Lawrence Anthony,
world renowned conservationist and Founder of TEO. "We can not allow red-tape and
bureaucracy to stop this initiative." Last week TEO's team sprayed a hospital,
churches, handicapped housing, and several homes in the New Orleans area, and, while
distributing the liquid to anyone interested, gave training workshops to relief
workers and church parishioners on how to apply it. "We were truly gratified to see
the results in homes, churches and businesses across the city," said Wiseman, "and
we are dedicated to getting this out to as many people as possible."

After the hurricanes hit the Gulf Coast, TEO contacted three of the companies in the
US that make this organically certified product to enlist their help and coordinate
efforts to educate the public and make it available: Go Beyond Organic, EM America,
and SCD (Sustainable Community Development). "Each company has contributed
invaluable time and expertise to us in this project," said Wiseman". "SCD even
donated enough of their product to our relief effort to handle 4,000 homes."

In a briefing to FEMA officials, Wiseman made it clear that The Earth Organization
is dedicated to doing everything possible to prevent further health and
environmental disasters from the unnecessary use of chlorine bleach and other toxic
chemicals.

For additional information about The Earth Organization, go to
www.earthorganization.org. All internet-based donations over the next few months
will go towards TEO's relief efforts in the Gulf Coast area.



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Toluca Lake,
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