Re: got my mold report today--Help!

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Yes. Could very well be if you have serious health issues because of it.

Look at it this way...

If a person was allergic or had a violent reaction to peanuts, would you say

it was safe for that person to eat " ONE " ? Of course not. They might die.

How about a reaction to a bee sting - one wouldn't hurt, would it?? Ha !

Same thing with mold. If a person has the genetic disposition or over time

has become sensitized then even the smallest amount could make them sick or

worse.

It's taken me nearly 24 hours to somewhat come out of it but look at my

earlier post this morning about sitting in my old car yesterday for only 30

seconds and getting whacked and sick as a dog.

Angelika

[] got my mold report today--Help!

> The mold tester who tested my apartment a few weeks ago told me over the

phone last

> week that my results showed " excellent " indoor air quality with very low

levels of mold. I

> just received the actual test and am confused, as I would never interpret

this test that way.

>

> The following molds are shown to be present: Agrocybe/Coprinus,

Alternatria,

> Ascospores, Aspergillus/Penicillum, Basidiospores, Cladosporium,

Epicoccum, Ganoderma,

> Myxomcete.

>

> Inside my closets (which is what smells very musty to me) there were

medium levels (out

> of a possible Rare, Low, Medium, or High) of Aspergillus/Penicillum,

Cladosporium and

> Hyphal Fragment(?). The following were found in Rare amounts:

Agrocybe/Coprinus,

> Ascospores, Scopulariopsis.

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> This is what he is claiming is " very low levels " that I should not be

reacting to, even with

> MCS. I paid $625 for this and he is supposed to be very reputable.

>

> Can anyone offer any insight? I tested positive on the VCS test but was

unsure if I have

> ever had toxic mold exposure. Would this constitute toxic mold exposure?

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> Thanks

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Hi Barbara,

Do you send the Home Depot mold culture plates away and then get a

report back? Or do you just look at them at home, with instructions to

explain what you are seeing?

Sue s,

Upstate New York

> Do an experiment to show you what 'normal' air looks like in terms of

> mold

> count. Buy a mold culture plate from Home Depot. Go to someplace

> outside

> that you believe looks like you could get a good deep breath of good

> clean

> air, hill top (not near standing water and not under the shade of a

> tree),

> now take a one hour sample of that air in culture plate and wait to

> see what

> grows from one to three days as instructions say.