The idea is to recognize the dangers inherent to thereby prevent serious injury or death. The danger is not lessened by my not having a list of documented cases ending in that fashion.
I recognize the danger of standing in the middle of a busy highway. Avoiding that foolishness does not diminish the reality that there are better courses of action.
"An unusual black mold has been linked to at least 34 cases of pulmonary hemorrhage and hemosiderosis (PH/H) among infants in the Cleveland area since 1993, resulting in at least 10 deaths. The condition, which involves bleeding in the lungs, is believed to be caused by toxins produced by the mold Stachybotrys atra (also known as Stachybotrys chartarum), which grows only on water-soaked cellulose-based materials, such as wood, acoustic ceiling tiles, cardboard, newspaper, cotton, and gypsum wallboard."
"The Cleveland outbreak of PH/H was discovered by Dr. Dorr G. Dearborn, Ph.D, M.D., a pulmonary specialist at the Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland. Previously, this disease had been primarily diagnosed in livestock that had eaten moldy fodder. Of the 34 cases in Cleveland, 29 of the infants were African Americans, and all were from a contiguous seven-zip-code area of the city. Investigations of several years of coroner records from the same area indicated that six cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) showed evidence of preexisting pulmonary bleeding, so they too may have died of PH/H. Since the Cleveland outbreak was first reported, at least 70 similar cases have been found from across the country, indicating a more widespread problem."
http://www2.buildinggreen.com/article/black-mold-linked-infant-deaths-cleveland
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