Envirosurf™
Recommends
All-Around Home
Mold Inspection and Testing
Dec. 9, 2004 by Phillip Fry
MABINAY, Philippines, Dec. 9, 2004---Envirosurf™,
the global environmental search directory, recommends that homeowners,
tenants, and employees do all-around home and workplace mold inspection
and testing to learn if they are living
or working in toxic mold.
Comprehensive
mold inspection and testing are recommended if a resident or worker is
experiencing possible
mold health symptoms, or he can see or smell mold growth anywhere
indoors, or if there have been water problems.
The most common mold-causing water problems
are roof leaks, siding leaks, plumbing line leaks, sewer line breaks, a
wet crawl space or basement, flooding, high humidity, and/or water damage.
“Just doing one or too few mold samplings may
miss the true extent of mold contamination,” cautions Phillip Fry,
Certified Mold Inspector, and author of the ebook
Do-It-Best-Yourself Mold Prevention, Inspection, Testing, and Remediation.
Whether a concerned property owner, tenant, or
employee hires a
Certified Mold Inspector [USA only], or uses do-it-yourself
mold test kits [world-wide], here are the best spots to test for mold
problems—
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Visible Mold
Growth: Use the clear Scotch tape
lift sampling technique to collect at least one mold sample from
each separate indoor mold growth area.
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Air mold testing:
Use Petri-dish, do-it-yourself
mold test kits to test the air of each room, attic, basement, crawl
space, garage, and the outward air flow from each heating/cooling
register.
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Outdoor
control test: Use a mold test kit
to take a control test located outdoors 5 feet beyond the roof rain drip
edge.
Whether the tester self-interprets the visible
mold growth results after 7 days, or hires
mold lab analysis and
mold species identification, he compares the types of molds [and mold
colony count per type] with the outdoor mold control test.
If one mold type has more colonies growing in
an indoor mold sample than the outdoor mold control, there is a
presumption of an indoor mold contamination source causing the greater
mold colony count indoors.
Similarly, if one mold type is growing in an
indoor mold sample, but none of that type is in the outdoor mold control,
there is a presumption of an indoor mold contamination source causing the
indoor presence of that mold type.
For more information go to:
http://www.envirosurf.com
http://www.moldinspector.com
http://www.mold.ph
http://www.epa.gov
http://www.osha.gov
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Envirosurf™
Suggests Ten 2005 New Year's
Environmental Health Resolutions for Home
and
Work
Dec. 13, 2004 by
Envirosurf™
Mabinay, Philippines---Envirosurf™,
the global environmental
search directory, suggests that homeowners, tenants,
and
employees make one or more of the following ten health-
friendly 2005 New Year’s Environmental Health
Resolutions.
”My 2005 New
Year’s environmental health resolutions are
that I will…”
1. Inspect my home and
workplace roof, attic, siding, walls,
ceilings, floors, basement, crawl
space, and heating/cooling
system carefully for any visible signs of water
leaks, water
damage, and or mold growth which can endanger my family
or
co-workers’ health.
2. Scan the floors and
walls of my home and workplace
bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, and
utility room walls and
floors with a low-cost hidden moisture meter to
locate
concealed water problems which can allow mold and bacteria
to grow.
3. Make sure that my dryer
vent, kitchen exhaust vent, and
bathroom exhaust vent take the moist air
directly to the
outdoors and not into the attic, walls, or floors of my
home or
workplace [thus allowing hidden mold growth].
4. Test for mold in my
home, apartment, car, and workplace
by using mold test kits to document
any elevated levels of
airborne mold spores in room air,
attic/basement/crawl space
air, garage air, and the outward air flow from
each
heating/cooling duct register.
5. Run one or more
high-capacity HEPA-filter air purifiers full-
time in my bedroom, primary home living area, and workplace
to vacuum out airborne mold spores and
other airborne
pollutants from the air I breathe.
6. Use do-it-myself water test kits
to test my home and
workplace drinking water for bacterial contamination,
arsenic,
and lead, regardless of whether the water is city-supplied or
from a well or spring.
7. Benefit from available
do-it-myself environmental test kits
to check my older home or workplace
for the possible
presence of lead paint and/or asbestos contamination.
8. Check for elevated
levels of radon gas exposure in my
home or workplace basement and/or
ground floor with do-it-
myself radon tests.
9. Test with E. coli test
kits my home and office computer
keyboard, TV remote control, bathroom
fixtures and surfaces,
kitchen appliances and surfaces, and other surfaces
for E.
coli bacterial contamination.
10. Read environmental news
and features to stay informed
about environmental health threats and how
to protect your
family and co-workers from ecological risks.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.envirosurf.com
http://www.moldmart.net
http://www.moldinspector.com
http://www.certifiedmoldinspectors.com
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