Re: How Careful Should One Be About Minor Mold Hits?--Surellabaer & HappyRU

July 21, 2008

Thanks Surella. I think you're right, though they have a very good

reputation, I think I'm going to throw out the remedies. I just don't

feel confident. These are not " medicines " per se they're sugar

granules sprayed with a homeopathic solution. I feel very confident

with the Santa Fe company and the few remedies I've tried have worked.

They're nicely packaged, too. Besides I'm a novice at this and don't

really need many of the extra remedies from India. So into the garbage

they go!

To HappyruIam: Perhaps you will disagree with me, but from my

perspective molds are naturally occuring and a part of nature. I

cannot avoid them. On a rainy fall day in the park leaves on the

ground etc, there will be mold spores.

To some extent this is fine and natural. I ask my therapist to turn

off the a/c and maybe I should ask her to open the window. I don't yet

know if it's her a/c (most likely) or her building/apartment. The

reason I was confused and worried is that for some very mold sensitive

people, they say that being in any kind of moldy environment it gets

on their hair and clothes and they react. So if in a worst case

scenario I randomly wore various outfits there and then brought them

back into my closets etc...not sure how careful I should be.

I do not regard all molds as enemy #1. They have their place in the

web of life. The problem, the huge problem, is in our shoddy faulty

construction practices and materials. This has allowed molds, esp

toxic molds, to proliferate in ways they just do not do outdoors, and

then poison us and sensitize us. I just read a good book, Homes that

Heal, by Athena . She mentions in there that builders will

take shortcuts they think the customers will never notice, such as

venting stove ranges or bathrooms into attics. Creating mold!! And

that many people are not careful about always opening a window or

turning on the exhaust when taking a shower. That alone breeds mold. I

am on a learning curve so that when I buy a house, and I think I will

buy a nice old house, I will be able to test it.

Pursuant to that, does anyone have experience with the $300 type of

moisture meter? I think it uses infrared. I was thinking of buying it

to test my apartment and to keep it for testing homes that I look at.

THANKS TO EVERYONE ON THIS LIST. Especially again the professionals

who so kindly give us their precious time.

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