Charlene Kappianaq started noticing sores on the back of her two-year-old son’s legs in April.
Shortly after, her eight-year-old daughter developed a similar irritation on her fingers and palms that made it painful to hold a piece of paper.
Kappianaq and her family live in public housing in Igloolik, Nunavut: a three-plex apartment. They moved in December 2017 from another apartment.
Kappianaq didn’t know about the mould until after she moved; a chronic housing shortage in town has made it near impossible to move out.
“It’s all black and very stinky,” Kappianaq said. The mould grows in her kids’ room, her room, the living room, on windows, and under the oven. In order to stay on top of the infestation, Kappianaq washes her walls once a week with vinegar and baking soda.
Igloolik children covered in sores because of black mould in public housing unit
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