Alliance: Danger in Mandated Mold Coverage
NU Online News Service, Aug. 19, 3:30 p.m. EST?The combination of a lack of scientific knowledge about the health effects of mold and an opportunistic trial bar could be a recipe for disaster for Florida's insurance market, the Alliance of American Insurers warned the state insurance department today.
"The lack of hard, laboratory science on unacceptable levels of mold, or whether or not mold is harmful in the first place, has opened the door for charlatans out to make a buck by fanning the flames of public hysteria about 'toxic' mold," said William Stander, government affairs representative for the Alliance's Southeast Region.
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