mold spore Articles
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Air Sampling for Mold Inspections
Taking air samples during a mold inspection is important for several reasons. Mold spores are not visible to the naked eye, and the types of mold present can often be determined through laboratory analysis of the air samples. Having samples analyzed can also help provide evidence of the scope and severity of a mold problem, as well as aid in assessing human exposure to mold spores. After ...
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What Temperature Does Mold Grow in a House?
Mold is a dangerous contaminant. It not only affects your health and that of your loved ones, but it can significantly lower the value of your property. Therefore, if you notice any signs of mold, you should immediately get rid of it. But, there are some preventative measures that homeowners can take to prevent this contaminant from growing in their houses. These include keeping their homes ...
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Mold and VOC’s
VOC stands for Volatile Organic Compound. Volatile means that the substance vaporizes easily under normal room temperature conditions. Organic is a naturally occurring substance. Compounds are things comprised of 2 or more actions or functions. Relating this to black mold, it is the musty, or moldy smell that occurs as the mold grows on an organic moist surface. As it grows and spreads ...
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How To Safely Remove Moldy Drywall and Kill Black Mold
This video gives good, step by step instructions on how to safely remove mold damaged drywall in a way that minimizes the spread of mold spores and protects your health. With over 1M views, this video is certainly one of the most popular for providing moldy drywall removal tips. Note: For large moldy drywall jobs, we recommend that you contact a mold remediation professional to ensure the moldy ...
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Preventing Mold Problem After Flooded Basement
How to Clean Up Your Flooded Basement To Prevent Mold Allergy Problems This YouTube TV News segment video does a nice job of helping people understand what they need to do after their basement has been flooded in order to prevent mold from becoming a big problem. As you will see, the indoor air quality expert interviewed in this segment offers practical tips for preventing mold spores from ...
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Purpose of Mold Sampling During An Inspection
As part of determining whether an indoor environment is contaminated with excessive amounts of mold and requires remediation, Indoor Environmental Technologies (IET) routinely performs air and surface mold sampling or testing. While there are many types of sampling methods, IET uses two of them the most: Air sampling using a “spore trap” sampler. Considerable information can be ...
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Mold Indoors – is it Living or Dead?
The more appropriate terms are: Is it Viable? or Non-Viable? Viable/non-viable are better descriptive terms since these molds act like plants in terms of growth. A mold spore is like a seed—if the right combination of food, heat, and moisture are present, the spore can grow and multiply—just like a seed that can be dormant for long periods and then begin to grow. What’s ...
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HF Pure Water VS. The Coffee Borer Beetle
Recently, HF Pure Water successfully installed a Chlorine Removal System at a small coffee farm on the big island of Hawaii. Like many coffee farms in the area and around the world, the coffee bean crop had been devastated by the Coffee Borer Beetle. An all-out effort was needed to rid the farm’s crops of this beetle as many small farms has had their entire crop destroyed, resulting in ...
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Cleaning mold containing surfaces
Once a determination is made that a moldy surface can be cleaned instead of removed or demolished, what cleaning agents are effective in removing or killing the mold? Many factors influence the selection of a cleaning agent. 1). The type of surface to be cleaned: Is it porous? Hard such as cement or sheetrock? Soft, such as cloth, fabric or wallpaper? Absorbent and thick such as rugs, carpet, ...
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Mold Control Information Series – Article #5
Cleaning Mold-Containing Surfaces Once a determination is made that a moldy surface can be cleaned instead of removed or demolished, what cleaning agents are effective in removing or killing the mold? Many factors influence the selection of a cleaning agent, such as: 1) The type of surface to be cleaned. Is it hard such as cement or sheetrock? Soft, such as cloth, fabric or wallpaper? ...
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My office makes me sick
I Feel Fine When Not At Work! Can A Building Make You Sick? Of course, it’s the office what else could it be. A typical complaint environmental professionals hear is “When I’m away from the office I feel fine, my office makes me sick”. When I get to work I’m OK for a little while and within a couple of hours I feel miserable, my throat feels scratchy, my eyes are ...
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Where does mold come from?
Molds are among the earliest known life-forms; they are found in all parts of the world, including Antarctica (“Scientists Tackle Antarctica Mold,” Peter Rejcek, editor, Antarctica Sun, February 4, 2007). They do not have mouths or digestive tracts. Instead, they release digestive enzymes that break down paper, fruits, leaves, shoe leather, bacon or anything else they have landed on ...
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Mold Testing – Interpreting Air Sample Results
Budget considerations often limit the number of air, surface or bulk samples that can be taken in an IAQ investigation. Once the laboratory has returned the test data, then someone has to decide how to interpret it. It’s not enough to simply compare indoor data to the data collected in the outdoor or control sample. Indoor air samples are subject to two kinds of error: False Positives and ...
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Mold Prevention Training
Mold –It’s All About Water! How is mold controlled on a construction project? By controlling water intrusion – that’s the answer! Mold has been around for a long time, and has always been a challenge on construction projects. However, with new construction materials being even more mold susceptible, and record-breaking lawsuits for exposure to mold growing, it is now more important than ever to ...
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Simple Changes That Improve Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has a massive impact on the health of the occupants. Poorly ventilated spaces can lead to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). Dust and indoor air particles can trigger respiratory problems, asthma and other health issues. The amount of time people spend indoors has increased over the years. Particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic with restrictions on outdoors movement and ...
By AKCP
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Indoor Air Quality and Hazardous Gas Detection
Indoor air contaminants come in a variety of forms and originate from multiple sources. Interactions between building materials and furnishings, activities and equipment inside the building, internal temperature and relative humidity, filtration and ventilation system operations, climate and building occupants all contribute to the indoor air quality (IAQ) in commercial, industrial, residential ...
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Flood cleanup – watch out for mold and poor IAQ
Clean up with air quality in mind Flooding can strike anywhere around waterways, especially in the spring, when lakes and rivers swell up with melt-water. This year, major floods have already hit areas in North and South America and other parts of the world, including Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, California, Chile, Peru, Indonesia and Russia, just to name a few. When water levels rise, ...
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Impressive EBB Mold Prevention Lab Test Results
This photo shows zero mold growth on square latex paint swatch treated with Endurance BioBarrier Mold Prevention Spray. Harsh lab conditions: Swatch was placed in mold inoculated petri dish for 3 weeks. Petri dish had gelatin layer to feed the mold. Mold only appears as a dark growth on the gelatin around the perimeter of the petri dish. An independent laboratory ran two tests. ...
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Mold! mold! its everywhere! ...so what!
Ubiquitous is my big word for the week. Webster"s definition is “existing or being everywhere at the same time: constantly encountered.” This describes the situation with molds. They don"t magically appear or re-incarnate when conditions are right. They don"t seep through solid walls as is often assumed. They are always there, floating in the air or carried in moving water, ...
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Implementing Nature`s own Disinfection Method
“We go the extra mile to be as sustainable and ecologically focused as possible. To choose an environmentally friendly sanitizing solution is a natural choice for us.” – Patrizia Chiari, General Manager Relais Borgo Santo Pietro. Located not too far from the historical route from Canterbury to Rome, and the Holy Land beyond, you can find Borgo Santo Pietro. The pilgrim spirit ...
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