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Science 14 April 2000:
Vol. 288. no. 5464, pp. 243 - 244
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5464.243a
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PUBLIC HEALTH:
A Mold's Toxic Legacy Revisited

Michael Hagmann

In 1995, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta set off a cascade of alarms when an agency task force linked certain toxin-producing molds to a cluster of cases of sometimes fatal lung bleeding, or pulmonary hemorrhage, in infants. But last month, the CDC published the findings of two expert panels that identified what they called "serious shortcomings" in the initial investigation and concluded that "a possible association between acute pulmonary hemorrhage ... and [mold] exposure ... was not proven." The reexamination is already stirring debate.

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