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Com Published: 17:40, 25 October 2024 | Updated: 17:43, 25 October 2024 e-mail View comments A woman says mold in her apartment's air conditioning unit left her suffering from 'burning' skin and a bill for $10,000. Autumn Clayman, 29, started suffering from a burning sensation around her face and began to see red marks appear on her skin shortly after moving into her new apartment in Los Angeles , California , in February. She then started developing eczema - chronic inflammation and itchiness of the skin - across her body and her allergies worsened.
Unsure of what was causing her issues Ms Clayman cut out certain foods to see if things improved, but they didn't. By June, Ms Clayman's flare ups got worse and she believed the cause was something in her apartment. So, she stayed at her boyfriend's for two weeks.
While there, her symptoms began to ease. Feeling confident it was her home causing the issues, Ms Clayman paid $780 to have her apartment tested for mold and it came back positive for stachybotrys chartarum - or black mold - in both of her air conditioning units, which had been blasting cold air throughout the apartment Autumn Clayman claims black mold in her apartment's air conditioning unit caused her skin irritation Ms Clayman said she developed eczema - ch.