Guest guest Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 The mold SPORES are just part of the problem, and the worst contamination is not in spores, In my case the problems were caused by a sort of oily greasy smelly film that coated almost EVERYTHING I owned and which was INCREDIBLY difficult to get off of things. There are people who are trying to connect mold with spores in the public's mind but the spores are just the seeds and the toxic effects are basically complex because they come from particles, spores, dust, vapor from MVOCs, (which are gases) Some of the things that make people sick dissapate in air, for example, when mats of mold that grow inside of walls die, the mold stops producing MVOCs. But spores can be viable for years and the toxins in the dust and spores can last a very long time. Its clear from experiments that have been done that they decay so slowly that some of those products of the mold can still make people inhabiting a space sick, a space that has never been cleaned out for years or even decades. The toxins deteriorate that slowly. Obviously, no *spores* are going to be present years after a water incursion has dried up, and the mold that was living then has died, but the toxins are quite possibly still there inside of the walls or where the dust has blown and may be still strong enough to make people very sick, especially if they spend a lot of time there. On Jan 29, 2008 12:56 PM, llaci2003 <jjaksic@...> wrote: > I never heard of that. Are you sure it destroys the mold spores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 they found 2 million yr old mold. When it defrosted, it came back to life!! llaci2003 <jjaksic@...> wrote: I think mold is the oldest living thing. --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Just a hunch. If something that simple WORKED than people I am guessing that we all would know about it! The US Army Blue Book says that trichothecenes (stachybotrys, fusarium, others) are stable to 1500 degrees. That seems extreme but its what the Army chemical and biological weapons experts at Ft Dietrick Md. say. They are in a better position to know than us. Watch out you don't start a fire. Don't use a microwave that was later used for food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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