Do you notice stale or musty odors when you come in the door?
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Mold, mildew, bacteria, and germs. These simple organisms, often called microbes, are everywhere. We can't always see them but the reality of microbial odor (that "wet mop" or "stinky shoes" smell), staining (green/black streaks on walls), deterioration (rotting wood and wallboard) and human health effects (asthma, allergies, flu-like symptoms) is an everyday event in our houses. The same green mold that grows on your stale bread can just as easily call your basement carpet "home".
Where do you look for mold in a house?
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Mold spores thrive in areas you can't reach particularly, central duct work or air conditioners. Other hot spots of mold growth in the home include damp basements and closets, bathrooms (especially shower stalls), places where fresh food is stored, refrigerator drip trays, house plants, humidifiers, garbage pails, mattresses, upholstered furniture, and old foam rubber pillows.
Is mold like pollen?
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Along with pollens from trees, grasses, and weeds, molds are an important cause of seasonal allergic rhinitis. People allergic to molds may have symptoms from spring to late fall. The mold season often peaks from July to late summer. Unlike pollens, molds may persist after the first killing frost. Some can grow at subfreezing temperatures, but most become dormant. Snow cover lowers the outdoor mold count dramatically but does not kill molds. After the spring thaw, molds thrive on the vegetation that has been killed by the winter cold.
In the warmest areas of the United States, however, molds thrive all year and can cause year-round (perennial) allergic problems. In addition, molds growing indoors can cause perennial allergic rhinitis even in the coldest climates.
Deadly Molds: Stachybotyrs
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In l998, in Hamilton County, Ohio, the Springdale Best Western (formerly Hilton) reported many guests had become ill. Stachybotyrs atra growth behind the wallpaper was determined to be the cause. In Cleveland Ohio, in winter, 1998, a Stachybotyrs overgrowth resulted in the hospitalization of more than 30 people and deaths of six.
Austin, Texas (the "Allergy Capital of the World") has recently seen a new home abandoned when the family reported severe symptoms from the Stachybotyrs mold. In February 2000, an entire Elementary School was closed and all the students transferred when an overgrowth of Stachybotyrs atra mold was identified growing throughout the area.
While this is scary stuff, it is NOT your ordinary mold problem in your home, car, or workplace. For most mold problems there is a CHEAP and EFFECTIVE way to GET RID OF MOLD.
Side Benefits of Mold Control
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Controlling indoor molds in homes, workplaces, schools, and any other gathering places may provide health bonuses for non-allergy sufferers as well. Nearly all antibiotics were first isolated from molds. The benefit to humans leads us to forget that these chemicals are toxins, toxic in this case to microorganisms. Other mycotoxins are toxic to humans, leading to conditions such as aspergillosis or histoplasmosis. Also, chronic exposure shows that many are immunosuppressants of varying potency (the transplant anti-rejection drug cyclosporine was found in a mold). The mold Aspergillus flavus produces aflatoxin, the most potent carcinogen known, linked strongly to certain types of liver and biliary tract cancers. Other mycotoxins have been demontsrated to cause cancer in animals and humans.
How do you control mold?
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The most efficient method to control mold spores is to install a disposable BON-AIRE ALLERGEN (TM) Whole House Allergy Filter on your central air supply to filter mold spores and provide anti-microbial protection. This is the fastest, most effective way to change the whole environment inside your home.
According to the World Health Organization microorganisms in our indoor environment are now the fifth leading cause of health problems in the world.
Severe allergy and asthma sufferers may obtain more relief with the BON-AIRE PURASORB 3-stage filter that adsorbs and controls airborne gasses (odors from cleaning and other fumes) and VOC's.
Campbell County Schools Case History reviews an actual case where mold infestations had created an unhealthy environment resulting in numerous complaints about allergies and respiratory problems. This document includes quotes from school officials on what occurred and how the problems were dealt with. More case histories are available.
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