'I will be honest with you, I won’t survive another winter in here'
When you see pictures of the mould climbing the walls of Campbell’s home in Angus, it isn’t hard to imagine why he is losing hope. The bathroom at a glance looks fire-damaged, it is only closer up that you see it is black mould, not soot.
“I’m 59 but I feel about 89. It’s horrendous. I’ve been on [drugs] for the last couple of years … and I’m currently on clinical research every two weeks because the small tubes in my lungs are closing. If that doesn’t work, it’s oxygen, full-time. I don’t know how much more serious it needs to be before somebody takes responsibility and says, pardon my French, but ‘get him the fuck out of there’. Words fail me.
With an energy crisis sending people’s bills through the roof, households across the UK are already facing the painful choice between heating or eating. Michael Lewis, E.ON’s chief executive, said last week that the supplier was seeing reductions in energy usage “of 10 to 15%” against seasonal averages.
Clarke says that having black mould in the house is “not the sort of thing that’s ever ok”, but warns that older people, children, and those with underlying health issues could find themselves particularly vulnerable. “It’s never ok to have it in your home,” he says. “The basic problem comes down to dampness, and if you don’t dry your home out with heating during the damper months, which is the winter, then you’re more likely to have a problem. You breathe in fungus, or its spores, and your immune system attacks.”
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