tests of air quality and blood?

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Hi all,

after almost a year's absence from the list I am back.

I suffer from fibromyalgia (see my illness story at:

http://www.art-bin.com/art/pdf_download.html) and on top of that I am

also - still - living in a house with mold problems. I have heard so

many different opinions on whether one must tear the whole house down

or if it is enough to fix ventilation and air flow. Old sites of dead

mold is not dangerous some people say.

Anyway, what would be very interesting is to check what is actually

coming out of the walls into the air we breathe. Does anyone know if

there are tests to check air quality (tape strips or something like

that?). And also if there are blood tests one can make to find traces

of glucans or mycotoxins (maybe even antibodies to certain strains?)?

Karl- Tallmo

Stockholm

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KARL-ERIK TALLMO, Swedish writer and publisher of the

cultural web magazine The Art Bin (http://art-bin.com).

Tallmo has written three books, including Sweden's first

hypertext novel (1992). He has participated as an expert

in governmental investigations on new media, and also been

a member of advisory boards, e.g. at the Royal Library and

at the Swedish Research Council.

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