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REQUEST BY JUDGE STIKELETHER TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONERS <br />Judge Stikelether distributed the following information <br />to the Board: <br />ART <br />T. PELU�rA <br />NM.D.. P.A.V0 A' , O'NDISTPUUTION LISar <br />`�AWnmissiorersDIPLQNATE.AME);,tBL <br />;°o <br />��rrat®rt <br />I <br />✓ <br />N �� �'�- c� Attorney <br />PARKWAY MEDICAL PLAZA ( siSjOC� '��.l` 3713 -JG. �N'SOrrSTREET <br />16800 N.W. 2N0 AVE.. SUITE 301 (`a iL LL -. Personnel MOLLY WOOD. F-ORIDA 330? 1 <br />N. MIAMI BEACH. FLA. 33169 �/1j (3051 98 <br />�/ PMONE: 9-739 P <br />` Public WorkELE <br />TELEPHONE: (3051 682-1068 �� [ ti <`r��' <br />Community Dev. <br />Utilities <br />September 29, 1982 Finance <br />_ Other <br />Chairman and Members <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Indian River County <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Re: Judge -Graham Stikelether and Ms..Georgene.Edwards <br />Dear Mr. Scarlock: <br />'"his is to advise you that Judge Stikelether and Ms. Edwards <br />should not be askett to return to the Vero Beach County Courthouse <br />at this time. .On several occasions since the original remodeling <br />of the courthouse, these people have attempted to*,return to their <br />work within the courthouse, and each time experienced multiple <br />system symptoms. <br />It should be emphasized that these patients are very sensitive <br />to formaldehyde, and it: is the experience of clinical ecologists <br />that suca patients are likely to react with increased degree of <br />symptgms if they are reexposed to the same substance which <br />originally resulted in these symptoms. As a matter of fact, <br />once sensitized, such individuals may have even severe reactions <br />to formaldehyde levels below -.0.:05 parts par million, which is the <br />odor threshold. It is not practical to use standard tables of <br />symptoms on this group of people. <br />Persons with formaldehyde sensitivity are often likely to develop <br />other chemical sensitivities, and should be treated as a high <br />risk group. Continu d exposures may result -Ln wi-desprecid !_, emical <br />susceptibility even in some people who previously -had been symptk,= <br />free. In addition to the s<1ra? toms of %-,hich these •people have <br />already complained, lit is possi:le thAat there may be a risk of <br />further health problFns developing as a result of -continued <br />exposure to formaldehyde <br />I would strongly recommend therefore, that Judge Stikelether and <br />T4s. Edwards continue to conduct their professional work outside <br />any area which poses a risk to their health. It.is well documented <br />that repeated attempts to work in the courthouse have -resulted <br />in marked recurrence of many symptoms. Unfortunately, an analysis <br />of this situation indicates the fact that on rePeated attempts to <br />renovate the courthouse, the materials used in the renovation, or <br />.n the painting, have been capable of out -gassing various chemical <br />zompouzds, including for.-naldehyde, and the substances released from <br />volatile paint fumes. The more Judge Stikelether and his. Edwards <br />are asked to be exposed to these multiple substances, the more <br />possibility there is they may develop crsonic-at times severe symptoms, <br />which may be .permanent. <br />5 1 PA'OE 653 <br />0 CT 2 0 1982 <br />