What's Behind the Cinder Blocks?

Fiberglass Awareness

Close up of the end of a cinder block wall inside of a building showing a clump of moldy fiberglass sticking out from between the cinder blocks and the wood frame. There is a can of lysol disinfectant spray on the floor.

Hoping to breathe in some clean air? You see a cinder block building. That looks clean. You don't think anything could float in the air off of the cinder blocks. Think again. They added fiberglass between the concrete blocks and the wood frame on the inside. A perfect breeding ground for mold on top of the microscopic glass particles that shatter and exit out of the light and outlet sockets with the negative pressure inside the building.

A crow bar in the end of a cinder block wall inside of a building pulling out a clump of moldy fiberglass sticking out from between the cinder blocks and the wood frame.

Moldy fiberglass behind a cinder block wall inside of a building.

A crow bar in the end of a cinder block wall inside of a building pulling out clumps of moldy yellow fiberglass that is now sticking out from between the cinder blocks and the wood frame.

Fiberglass behind a cinder block wall.

A cinder block wall with yellow fiberglass batts hanging out from between the wood frame work. There is a ladder in front of it and an American flag blowing in the wind outside the front glass door.

Fiberglass batts behind a cinder block wall being removed after it was discovered that they were causing the air inside the building to be very poor which was making people sick.

Sharon Maguire - Updated 10-11-2016