Guest guest Posted August 21, 2003 Report Share Posted August 21, 2003 Some people on the IAQ list have finally figured out that spore counts and symptoms do not necessarily correlate. Knowledge of the principle of variable toxicity from substrate and competinge molds alone would make it unreasonable to try to assess toxic exposure by counting spores. The intermittent nature of spore plume release means that airborne spore concentrations is far too inconsistent to reliably determine inhalation potential. Mycotoxin release from spores means that ambient levels of VOC concentration are completely independent of the presence of spores. The other complicating factor that they are finally starting to realize is that individual susceptilities makes VOC testing futile except as a theoretical value for a baseline for acceptable exposure for a " normal " person. These IAQ people are far too scientific to try to correlate observations from sensitive people to their experience. I explained on this board that I could be reactive to mold spores that my cat carried into my house from somewhere else and then demonstrate that I had no allergic reaction to my cat later but the doctors still rejected my insistence that it was mold and not the cat. The IAQ members rejected this observation as unscientific. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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