JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Students at Edward Waters College came to Action News for help, saying there's a major mold problem in dorms.
Action News received several pictures of the mold in Morris Cone dorm at EWC.
Freshman Charles Womble showed Action News pictures from inside his room.
"It's on the walls, it was on my bed but they switched my bed," said Womble.
Womble said he told school officials about the mold last semester.
"They moved me, but then they moved me right back inside the same room that had the mold in it," said Womble.
George Dandelake supervises facilities at EWC. He wouldn't allow our cameras inside the dorm.
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"We got it in a couple of rooms. As a matter of fact, I called this morning to put in a work order. It's one that doesn't have any mold in it. One has mold in the lockers, and there was some mold on the pillow, we don't know where that came from. All total would be four," said Dandelake.
Womble said that's not true.
"Four plus 40. It's more than four rooms. It's frustrating because you have to look at it when you go to sleep, even when I'm just chilling in the room," said Womble.
Dandelake said they are treating the rooms.
"They come in and in the case of this dorm, they have popcorn ceilings, if it's on the ceiling, they come in and scrape that ceiling and totally remediate it. It's a process," said Dandelake.
Meanwhile, Womble said the cleaning process may take too long.
"I'm breathing it in. In the future, it may hurt me," said Womble.
The college said it is also conducting studies on the air flow to fix the issue.
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