Word: mold
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...video that refers to DVT. Emirates gives passengers the "Airogym," a sort of half inflated water wing, which they squash with one foot and then the other, pushing the air back and forth. And Taiwan-based China Airlines is introducing new seats that each consist of two airbags, which mold to the passenger's body to reduce seat pressure points and so allow better circulation...
...part of an effort to mold Summers’ support staff to fit his needs and work style, Marne Levine was expected to be named to the new position of chief of staff as early as today...
Lawyers don't require such absolutes. "For science to prove something, it has to be 100% certain. In a civil lawsuit, it has to be proved only 51%," says Guy Vann, a New York City attorney who has won mold trials. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has shelled out some $5 million to clean up mold problems in low-income homes...
...biggest winners are the industries feeding off mold mania. "Six years ago, people laughed in my face," says Ed Cross, a lawyer in Santa Ana, Calif. Since then, he has won mold settlements as large as $978,000 and says he gets 50 calls a week from potential clients. Steve Temes, an industrial hygienist in Red Bank, N.J., charges $150 an hour for mold inspections. "I used to do radon and lead testing," he says. "But there was no demand...
...losers are people like Mark and Mary Jane O'Hara of Eugene, Ore. In February they had the local fire department burn their home to the ground after doctors attributed the family's chronic nosebleeds, flulike symptoms and severe headaches to mold. The O'Haras figured it would cost more to repair the house than to rebuild it from scratch. Others, like Carol Cherry of Hazlet, N.J., can't afford the $5,000-to-$10,000 retainer that lawyers often require to take on a mold case. Stranded in her moldy home, Cherry says, "I can't have guests over...