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1. 1. Bill seeks credit for clean up

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   Published on: 5/15/2005   Last Visited: 5/16/2005

   "We've gotten all of the easy target groups," said Alyson Best, an environmental health specialist with the Guilford County Health Department.The tax credit would entice some landlords who may be more reluctant to clean up to start work.
   
   "A lot of time it's not because people don't care," Best said."A lot of time they just don't know that it's a problem."
   
   Best said that if property owners clean up problems on their own, it could prevent a child from getting sick and mean less work for her agency.

2. 2. Guilford officials look to fish to help curb mosquito population - The Morganton News Herald

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   Published on: 8/29/2002   Last Visited: 8/29/2002

   It takes about a dozen of the small fish to control mosquitoes in a pond, said Alyson Best, a spokeswoman with the Guilford County Department of Public Health.
   
   A state insect expert will visit Guilford County this week to check on the varieties that carry the virus.
   
   So far, the county has had six confirmed avian cases of the virus.
   
   Information from: High Point Enterprise

3. 3. Toxic mold invades Greensboro home

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   Published on: 6/11/2002   Last Visited: 6/11/2002

   "A lot of people have mold in their house," said Alyson Best, environmental health specialist with the Guilford County Department of Public Health."Now that people are getting a little more aware that it might actually be something that could make them sick or irritate allergies or be a trigger for either allergies or asthma, people are saying, 'What do I have?Am I OK?'"
   
   The Sommers' ailments improved after abandoning their home of nine years and moving into an apartment in Greensboro.But they still have lingering side effects, including a heightened sensitivity to allergies, dry coughing, headaches and nose bleeds.