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52 comments
Sharon Stinson
June 19, 2011, 6:38 p.m.
all I knoww is my husbands breathing was at 97% VA said it was on it’s way to really improving When we moved into a Mobile home auctioned at a Fema Auction in Florida in 2006 We bought in 2008
he is now on oxyen mzchine 24/7 Jan.2011 Dianoised with colon cancer and now has kemo. I was there 1 year and had to have a growth removed from my nasal and now have a hole there for the rest of my life and have to us medication. I have tested a10x10 room that tested 71ppm over thethe stander 40 ppm double the stander
Marijane
June 21, 2011, 10:13 a.m.
Ray Smith and Mike H. Two intellects let’s even suppose. Read the thread of comments, here. It boils down to an adolescent emotional level. This inhibits a beneficial outcome——one which contributes to knowledge, here. You two vent, we lose. Thanks for nothing!