Who is responsible?
Sorry I have been …. absent. Truly I came back this quickly, since YOU, my fans, have sent a barrage of emails begging me to continue. I know these blogs can be quite addicting 
Our household has been taken over with Spring Cleaning. This is not a small job (even if I live in small quarters). This is a HUGE job, and never seems to end. I had an unfortunate situation which has prolonged my cleaning to even this very day.
In the apartment building where we rent, most apartments also come with a separate storage room, that is in on one designated floor and hallway. One of our neighbors, who lives above these rooms, had a leak in their apartment, and this caused leaks in many of the storage rooms. There is no air whatsoever - imagine adding moisture. What you get is a room filled with black, green mold that seeps itself into everything - even wood. I had reason to go into this storage room about a week after this occurance, and noticed right away that something was not right. I removed a few mattresses, but due to certain other family conflicts, I was unable to take care of it all properly at this time.
My landlord maintained a small corner of this room - right where the mold was growing. We removed all her items, and offered to throw them away for her. Despite the fact that stuff was growing all over, we had an ultier motive to secure as much extra space as possible for us in this small room .
I have pulled everything out and spent a good 2 days bleaching, scrubbing, laundering, rearranging, and trashing. Despite these efforts, my mattresses now have huge bleach stains where the mold was (does that mean that the mold is gone?), my car seat straps are impossible to clean, and there is no way I would put a child up against this, the laundered items come out still smelling musty, and I have just discovered part of another baby item - a pack and play mattress - covered in mold. Again, something that bleach cant remove and something unsafe for an infant. This item alone cost $174, and who can put a $ figure on all of my time and energy?
So the question - who is responsible? I was not informed of any leak - I happened to discover it on my own. The choices are my building (we all pay a monthly building fee), the upstairs neighbors, my landlord, or me? Right now, it seems to be ME.
My companion through all this, helping me answer questions such as how to remove stains from my mattresses, amongst many others, has been the awesome website - http://www.stain-removal-methods.com . The name speaks for itself.
Back to the bleach. Wish me luck