Re: Re: Warning--Watch out for altered testing procedures

[Guest guest]

There are lots of things that they do. I don't want to iterate through a

list because I don't want to help them learn new tricks.

Bluntly, the only tests that are meaningful are the ones you conduct

yourself by being there for some time and not getting sick.

Some buildings problems are temporary and curable. But if a problem has

existed for a long time, for example, if stachybotrys is found, which is

sort of a terminal ecology mold wise, its very expensive to get rid of the

mold. It involves getting rid of the SOURCE OF MOISTURE permanently, and

then removing all moldy materials, and even ones inside of walls, and also

cleaning out the old mold dust.

This might involve gutting a building down to the studs and scouring them,

then rebuilding it.

If they are not willing to do this, in other words, if they are trying to

pitch biocides or merely a cosmetic makeover, the problem will almost always

resurface.

On 1/6/07, who <jeaninem660@...> wrote:

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> you got that right. and many, if they have testing done are doing it

> to help themselfs not you. like waiting until after you have moved

> out and nothing is being stirred up and no air vents blowing or doing

> it at a time when they know from previous tape tests what types of

> molds are there and when it's less active. air testing should be done

> while your there and haveing effects, right after vacumming to show

> closer to what your inhaleing and with air vents blowing if it's

> known that that increases your exposure. the purpose is to see counts

> of what your exposed while living in it, not the condictions of a

> unlived in environment.

> >

> > I know of one case where the insurance company hired someone to

> test

> > the mold in a house and to oversee the remediation. The insurance

> > companny and their " expert " cleaned and tested the house for months

> but

> > it kept coming back as still " toxic. "

> >

> > So, what to do? Fake it!

> >

> > They created an artificial environment just so they would get

> a " clean "

> > test result. They set the thermostat at a really low temperature

> > (during the summer) so the house would be extremely cold and they

> also

> > shut off all fans so the air wouldn't move.

> >

> > That worked! They got a " clean " test result and told the family

> that

> > the house was safe.

> >

> > The family didn't learn about these " faked " tests until much later.

> >

> > Beware--insurance companies and their " experts " are capable of

> anything!

> >

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