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A mushrooming problem at Harvard

By adamg on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 9:48am

The Crimson reports.

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Harvard University
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By Anon on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 9:55am.

This has been a very wet year. That combined with the dorms being empty so air flow was not moving is a bad combination.

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By anonehs on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 12:37pm.

The fact that Harvard seemingly dropped the ball on completely forseeable basic health and safety issues is alarming. I believe they owe a better standard of care to their students.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 7:49pm.

If a landlord took four days to even respond to a complaint of a collapsed ceiling, they would be liable for triple damages. If your bathroom is unusable for that long, you have to be put up in a hotel if you are a renter!

Harvard as a landlord is getting away with a lot of stuff that private landlords and public housing managers would never be allowed to.

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By Lee on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 8:58pm.

… get away with this stuff though too.

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By Lee on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 9:13pm.

… get away with this stuff though too.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 7:09pm.

Climate change is happening - maybe they can start taking students around as interns or for class projects on what happens when your buildings and grounds are not designed for changing conditions.

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By Allstonian on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 11:02am.

“I’ve heard there’s health concerns when you have mushrooms in your suite.”

IHNTA

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By passing_thru on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 11:15am.

does that really count as an "infestation"? also, moths are pretty harmless. I think some young people may need to get a little tougher.

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By eeka on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 11:41am.

They are not a health hazard, but they can eat your food and furnishings. They certainly shouldn't be present in housing that is owned/managed by someone else.

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By Ron Newman on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 11:43am.

 

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By Michael on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 11:18am.

Veritas et Fungus Amungus

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By JPMom on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 2:05pm.

You beat me to it. We now know which organisms will remain when climate change has wiped us all out. Mushrooms, especially, have had a banner year and will take over. I have seen them pop up in places in my own home where I've never seen them before.

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By MrZip on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 3:21pm.

I'll see myself out.

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By DPM on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 3:56pm.

I worked in one of the Harvard academic buildings over the summer. Most disgusting building I have ever been in. POUNDS of rat poop would come out of each and every ceiling tile opened.

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By merlinmurph on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 5:14pm.

I have never seen this many mushrooms all over the place - on lawns, in the woods, in gardens - just everywhere. Between the lakes at spring levels and 'shrooms popping out everywhere, it really shows how wet it has been.

But inside?? That's a new one to me.

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