BLACK MOLD REPORT
- 2010-11-07
It is kind of hard to clean up of an apartment that you don't own while you are in the hospital and are worrying about a wife and a sick child after you've been thrown into the streets by another Korean scum bag trying to abuse foreigners to make money in China while violating SAFEA regulations. If this is the guy that I think it is, he has been shafted royally by the Koreans as was everyone else there. Anyone that has not already quit their jobs there is either incapable of finding a job anywhere else in China, or they've got other issues because no one in their right mind would keep working at the Qingdao Ewha Korean School unless someone had a gun to their heads. I worked there for one week and quit and the school also had black mold everywhere. They like black mold, but they hate black people. Sue their butts off, call the police, areas hospitals, and anyone else that will listen. If it is the same guy, he is a seasoned pro in China, but that was dealing with the Chinese. The school is owned by some Koreans. Why not force the Koreans to that apartment and have them lick off the black mold from the walls?
Sanguine
- 2010-11-07
Or you could try cleaning it up yourself, and then buying a dehumidifier. If you live in the classic Chinese apartment it is a big concrete box. Such apartments are susceptible to moisture build up, and in turn mold. That is why you need to get a bucket of water, a rag, and one of those white face masks you see people wear when they are sick, and clean it yourself. Do as little to disturb the mold as possible when you clean it up, then once done, get a dehumidifier to make sure no more mold returns.
People from the west don't understand that most Chinese apartments don't have walls that have "insides" they are just giant concrete slabs, the whole apartment more or less having been "poured". This means no place for things like mold, mice, rats, or insects to hide. It also means easy clean up, and that it's hard for leaks to occur to your downstairs neighbor in times of cheap pipes breaking. What you see it what is there, there is no inside of the wall, no insulation, just a concrete box. Get a bucket, and a rag, and go to work.
Even things like this are not largely understood by Westerners, and it is the simple lack of understanding of even how Chinese construct their homes that can lead to such problems as this. Clean up in your average Chinese apartment is far easier than in the west, where such problems can grow inside walls even when the visible problem is cleaned up. Not a problem here, as there are no insides of the walls or floors to worry about. Hope this has helped. Good luck.
The Qingdao Ewha Korean School is now firing employees after they get sick from massive BLACK MOLD in teacher housing and they refuse to move the teachers, correct the problem, or pay for medical bills. A teacher from Canada is now very sick and so is his wife and son (age 5), as a result of BLACK MOLD. If anyone here has experience in dealing with toxic poisoning in China and such exposure being work related, please post here. Presently all options are on the table to include filing lawsuits, health agencies, etc. The man needs a good ESL lawyer that is experienced in ESL contracts, SAFEA laws, etc. Many of the ESL teachers at the Qingdao Ewha Korean School are working without an FEC or a valid Z visa and now they are also being poisoned. Any assistance with the name of a good China-based lawyer that is experienced in such matters would be appreciated.