Re: NEED AN OPINION ASAP, PLEASE!!!!!

[Guest guest]

If you are going to sign the contract, make sure it has a statement in there about the mold, and about a mold expert or Dr. accepting it.

What kind of mold is it? Who tested it?

A tape test is the same thing as a swab test, it picks up surface dust and is then sent to the lab.

If the mold is ONLY on the rafters (doubtful) it should be OK, however, if the mold is Stachybotrys and the air conditioner leaked (and it probably leaked down a wall as well as on the rafters) don't sign anything.

The fact that they are pushing you to make a decision in one day should be suspect.

I hope this helps.

Brad Marsh

-----Original Message-----From: shainaraisa [mailto:shanaraisa@...]Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 11:58 PM Subject: [] NEED AN OPINION ASAP, PLEASE!!!!!I am leaving ( or should I say fleeing) my present home because of mold. I thought I had found a house to move to.. it is six years old and it has no smell of mold ( and I have an extremely sensitive nose at this point). However, I just had a mold inspection done and in the attic near the air conditioner unit, they think they found mold on the rafters in several spots. They did not do a swab test ( for lack of time as they want us to sign the contract tomorrow) but rather a tape test. How accurate will that be? They also did an air sample test, but I am doubtful that will show anything. I need advice. Should I run from this house? It is the only house that suits me as I am very chemicallly sensitive, and as I said I sense no smell of mold, ANYWHERE. (I did react a little in the finished part of the attic, but I always react when near carpet, and I am not sure it was to mold). But I am VERY desperate to get out of my present home which is growing more and more mold everyday, and this is the best alternative I have found. This is not a rental situation, but a house I plan to purchase. So, should one be scared off by a little mold on a rafter? HELP!...JeriFAIR USE NOTICE:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

[Guest guest]

If you are going to sign the contract, make sure it has a statement in there about the mold, and about a mold expert or Dr. accepting it.

What kind of mold is it? Who tested it?

A tape test is the same thing as a swab test, it picks up surface dust and is then sent to the lab.

If the mold is ONLY on the rafters (doubtful) it should be OK, however, if the mold is Stachybotrys and the air conditioner leaked (and it probably leaked down a wall as well as on the rafters) don't sign anything.

The fact that they are pushing you to make a decision in one day should be suspect.

I hope this helps.

Brad Marsh

-----Original Message-----From: shainaraisa [mailto:shanaraisa@...]Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 11:58 PM Subject: [] NEED AN OPINION ASAP, PLEASE!!!!!I am leaving ( or should I say fleeing) my present home because of mold. I thought I had found a house to move to.. it is six years old and it has no smell of mold ( and I have an extremely sensitive nose at this point). However, I just had a mold inspection done and in the attic near the air conditioner unit, they think they found mold on the rafters in several spots. They did not do a swab test ( for lack of time as they want us to sign the contract tomorrow) but rather a tape test. How accurate will that be? They also did an air sample test, but I am doubtful that will show anything. I need advice. Should I run from this house? It is the only house that suits me as I am very chemicallly sensitive, and as I said I sense no smell of mold, ANYWHERE. (I did react a little in the finished part of the attic, but I always react when near carpet, and I am not sure it was to mold). But I am VERY desperate to get out of my present home which is growing more and more mold everyday, and this is the best alternative I have found. This is not a rental situation, but a house I plan to purchase. So, should one be scared off by a little mold on a rafter? HELP!...JeriFAIR USE NOTICE:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

[Guest guest]

The toxins that get me have no odor at all.

I can smell ASSOCIATED smuts and mold odors,

but that has nothing to do with perceiving the most important

mycotoxins.

The only way I have found to determine if a house is OK is to sleep

there.

I might know instantly if a " bad " place is bad, but I never know for

sure if a place is " good " until I do.

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[Guest guest]

The toxins that get me have no odor at all.

I can smell ASSOCIATED smuts and mold odors,

but that has nothing to do with perceiving the most important

mycotoxins.

The only way I have found to determine if a house is OK is to sleep

there.

I might know instantly if a " bad " place is bad, but I never know for

sure if a place is " good " until I do.

-

[Guest guest]

> The only way I have found to determine if a house is OK is to sleep

> there. I might know instantly if a " bad " place is bad, but I never

>know for sure if a place is " good " until I do.

> -

Group --

Again, this is consistent with my experience. Thelast time I was

looking for an apartment, I looked at five units, and talked the

landlord in to letting me sleep on the floor prior to signing a

lease. Despite no outward signs, three were Bad, and two were Good.

I took the best of the two, and them moved all my stuff in that I had

spent two months " remediating " . As I was in a generally lit up

state, I left for ten days, detoxed, and then got whacked within 45

minutes of arrival in the new unit.

[Guest guest]

> The only way I have found to determine if a house is OK is to sleep

> there. I might know instantly if a " bad " place is bad, but I never

>know for sure if a place is " good " until I do.

> -

Group --

Again, this is consistent with my experience. Thelast time I was

looking for an apartment, I looked at five units, and talked the

landlord in to letting me sleep on the floor prior to signing a

lease. Despite no outward signs, three were Bad, and two were Good.

I took the best of the two, and them moved all my stuff in that I had

spent two months " remediating " . As I was in a generally lit up

state, I left for ten days, detoxed, and then got whacked within 45

minutes of arrival in the new unit.