I'm hoping you wise ones here at LactNet will have some insight on this 
one. I've searched the archives with no success and wasn't able to find 
any relevant information with a google search either. 

A mother I'm working with has just found out that she's been exposed to 
mold at work and is concerned about possible exposure. Here's her e-mail 
to me (posted with permission):

"In January, my work office moved into a trailer (our building is getting 
renovated). The trailer had been onsite since October. When we moved in 
January, we noticed a very slight mildewy smell that got progressively 
worse, especially in my office. I made an official complaint last week, 
environmental health took my wall apart on Friday and found mold. They are 
taking this very seriously, are moving all of us to other spaces (3 of the 
4 double-wide trailers have mold, about 50 of us have to move and of 
course they don't have any space or they wouldn't have rented the trailers 
in the first place, but that is another story ) beginning on Monday. They 
are allowing us back into our offices to pick up things but not to work in 
there. Okay, here is the question for you:

I've been pumping 3x's a day (until 2 weeks ago, now just 2x's) as J is 15 
months and still a tiny peanut. Is there any concern that the mold has 
gotten into the breastmilk, either through my pumping or through me 
inhaling it? I'm only in the office 3 days a week and 2 of those days I 
spend 4 hours teaching in another building."

I'd be grateful for any information or suggestions, I don't know where to 
begin on this one. My gut feeling is that breastmilk would still be far 
superior to any alternative, but I have no way to gauge any possible 
exposure or risk to the baby (or the mother for that matter). The mother 
is in the San Francisco Bay Area, if that makes a difference.

Thank you in advance.

Robin Epstein
LLLL in sunny Israel, 
where it looks like we've seen the last of the winter rain!
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