Re: seeking advice on new rental home

December 11, 2007

You can get some pictures on www.mold-help.org (go down the left side of the

home page and click on " Mold Types and Images " . I assume most of the experts

here would tell you that you need to send your samples to a lab to be tested so

you can know for sure what you are dealing with.

[] seeking advice on new rental home

I have severe chemical sensitivity since living in a toxic mold rental years

ago. For five years, I was doing much better living in a safe condo, after

purging all my belongings and detoxing. My husband and I got pregnant,

though, and wanted to find a larger space with clean mountain air. We just spent

a month moving into a rental home in the mountains - which I thought I did ok

in. The weather was nicer then, and at that point, the crawl space was dry

(it has a wet area now.)

Unfortunately, after only a week, I have hives/relentless itching and left

sinus/trigeminal nerve irritation. Although I don't seem to have headaches and

brain fog, I knew from experience this could be mold, and there were no

other obvious sources. So I ran mold plates...

The first mold plate to show spores is the living room/kitchen (it's one

open space) -- there are three white fuzzy spores. I believe it might be

penicillium, which I know I'm allergic to, and would explain the hives. If

anyone

knows a good site online with pics, that would help me identify it.

Knowing I'm so sensitive - do I have to move NOW or is there a way to

resolve this? I have no idea where the source is - we SCRUBBED this place. It

could be from the crawl space (waiting for that plate to be tested).

And is all my stuff now contaminated, as it was when I lived in the toxic

rental years ago?

This is a nightmare as we've gone through so much over the years with my MCS

and mold problems. Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

Jill

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December 11, 2007

Jill, If Kc approves of this going through on his board, I would also like to

invite you to also take a look at my Mold Image Library, which shows molds on

various parts of the home. I am just giving you my link as another avenue for

pictures because I feel " SickBuildings " here is a fantastic group with support

for a tremendous amount of information and help. Respectfully, Darlene My link

is: www.moldenvironment.com

<brianc8452@...> wrote: You can

get some pictures on www.mold-help.org (go down the left side of the home page

and click on " Mold Types and Images " . I assume most of the experts here would

tell you that you need to send your samples to a lab to be tested so you can

know for sure what you are dealing with.