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What is mold?
Mold refers
to over 100,000 species of fungi that grow in filaments and reproduce by
forming minuscule spores (like seeds for plants) that are not visible to the
naked eye, and that are carried and distributed to new growth areas in
outdoor and indoor air currents.
Mold spores need moisture such as high humidity or a roof or plumbing leak
plus organic food matter to eat (such as wood, drywall, carpeting, paper,
dust, and lint indoors, or decaying matter outdoors such as fallen leaves
and tree branches) to grow into visible mold colonies. Mold growth destroys
the surfaces and objects that it eats in its growth.
Mold spores are can survive without water for thousands of years, if
necessary. Being frozen does not kill the mold spores.
"Mildew" refers to mold (often with a white or grayish color) or growing in
or on bathroom showers and walls.
Some of most frequent indoor molds are Cladosporium, Aspergillus, Penicillium,
and Alternaria.
The deadly “black toxic molds”
Stachybotrys chartarum (formerly
known as Stachybotrys
atra) is a greenish-black mold
that can also be found indoors in building materials that are continually
wet such as from an ongoing plumbing leak. Also known as “Stachy”, these
molds, when growing, have a wet, glistening appearance. Read about the
dangerous
Stachybotrys mold in detail.
Indoor mold
has the potential to cause serious health problems. Learn about
available mold medical diagnostic and treatment procedures in the in depth
mold ebook Mold Health
Guide, available from
Mold Mart.
Learn how to use
mold test kits, how to kill mold with an
ozone generator, how to do your own
mold
removal and
mold
remediation, and how to
clean mold with boric acid powder mix. Complete your
mold training
to be trained and certified as a
Certified Mold
Inspector and
Certified Mold Remediator.
For in depth information about mold, please visit these websites:
Mold Species:
http://www.mold.ph
Mold Prevention:
http://www.moldprevention.com
Mold Removal: http://www.moldinspector.com/mold_removal.htm
Mold Inspector: http://www.moldinspector.com
Mold Inspector Directory:
http://www.certifiedmoldinspectors.com
Mold Inspector Training:
http://www.ecology-college.com
Mold Test Kits: http://www.envirodetectives.com/mold_test_kits.htm
Flooding Mold: http://www.floodmold.com
Fire Mold:
http://www.firewindmold.com
Indoor Pollution:
http://www.indoorpollution.com
Air Conditioning
Mold:
http://www.airconditionermold.com
Workplace Mold:
http://www.workplacemold.com |
Pictue
of extensive mold growth inside an air conditioning duct register.
Air conditioning
mold is very common and very dangerous to occupant health. |
Water damage and mold growth on a wall of an empty retail store in one of
the largest
shopping malls in Malaysia. This picture was taken in Kota Kinabalu,
Malaysia, July, 2011, by Certified Environmental Hygienist Divine Montero.
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