Monthly Archives: February 2009
Best Mold Q.A. Anywhere
The best place on the internet to ask your mold question and answers is at http://byebyemold.com Of course, before you jump in and ask a question, check out the questions that have already been asked. Search the database Ask a … Continue reading
Hotel Mold
The Latest in Mold Detectors
Mold testing and lab reports are all very fine, but one of the latest mold detecting technology has been around for a very long time. Dogs. Dogs can detect mold by scent better than we can; they have more than … Continue reading
Senator Tours Moldy Courthouse
Thanks to a US senator, the General Services Administration is going to be looking into conditions at the Sam M. Gibbons Federal Courthouse. Maintenance work has been scheduled but the progress appears to have halted. Dodging moldy buckets set out … Continue reading
Addressing environmental Health Implications
Addressing environmental health Implications of mold exposure after major flooding. Does all of this seem painfully obvious to anyone who lives in the real world? I suppose it is a good thing that at least some scientific expertise is being … Continue reading
Got Mold Event in the Moldy Pacific Northwest
Wednesday at the World Trade Center in Portland, speakers focused on preventing and removing mold, properly identifying samples and reducing legal liability. Builders and remediators struggle with the mold issue, because with mold, you can take out 99.999 percent of … Continue reading
Curse of the Sulfuric Drywall
Where is YOUR drywall from? It’s not mold, but… Apparently there’s a Chinese-manufactured drywall which corrodes air conditioner coils. Or more specifically drywall offgassing that is so caustic it corrodes air conditioner coils. (Kind of like my assistant’s ex. But … Continue reading
Books Evacuated for Mold
In Texas, they’re serious about their books. When mold was found in the Godeke Library (Lubbock Texas), they shut down the library and they’re porting out the 80,000 books and things (with the assistance of the inmates of Lubbock County … Continue reading
Did Hospital Mold Help Kill These Kids?
Almost the only thing that the medical profession will concede about mold is that weakened immune systems are more susceptible to infection. The buck almost stops there–because medical science in general is reluctant to discuss mold in terms with health. … Continue reading
Indoor allergens, environmental avoidance, and allergic respiratory disease.
Indoor allergen exposure to sources such as house-dust mites, pets, fungi, and insects plays a significant role in patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma. The identification of the major allergens has led to methods that can quantitate exposure, e.g., immunoassays … Continue reading
Georgia Plant Mold At the Root of Nationwide Panic
Peanuts are particularly prone to grow certain molds. Inspection of the Peanut Corp. of America plant revealed conditions such as “tote containers with butter residue and “black buildup” and “mildew and possibly some static dust on ceiling of butter storage … Continue reading