BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Bolton State Office Building has now been shut down for a month, ever since a disturbing amount of mold was discovered.

Swab testing shows that mold was found on all six floors of the building.

15 different types of mold and fungus were found, and while some are not known to have negative health effects, some of them are.

For now, the Department of Marine Resources, Gaming Commission, and others are having to temporarily relocate.

Several areas were found to have mold and/or fungi capable of producing mycotoxins .

Those areas include office spaces, mechanical rooms, and a wall near a fan coil unit.

“We learned from COVID that you can work through most anything. So, we learned how to do it,” says Joe Spraggins, Department of Marine Resources Executive Dire

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