Re: Re: Testing A Remediated House

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Yes, exactly. There also needs to be a registry of mold reports that

allows people to look up the mold reports in the past..

The historic status of a building FOR ITS OCCUPANTS...

Stachybotrys is especially problematic..

Everybody who is interested in this issue should read this paper:

Biomechanics of conidial dispersal in the toxic mold Stachybotrys chartarum.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1950243 & blobtype=pdf

It explains why spore testing often overlooks serious stachy

infestations. The toxins in stachybotrys last for years, They can

remain toxic probably even for decades.. (The one paper I have seen

shows that after three years in a sealed space, the deterioration was

*negligable*)

That is why spore tests may say " no stachy spores " and a building

still has stachy issues.

You need to do QPCR. (around $250 -) on vacumned dust to detect that fungal DNA.

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM, who <jeaninem660@...> wrote:

> you need to disclose everything, documentation of the sorse of the

> problem, testing and evaluation, remediation(discribeing how and whar

> was done)testing after remediation, and still maybe include some

> info. on what symptoms ect. might be caused by mold exposure, some

> things like that. full disclosure. your remediator co. should provide

> most of it. I would make no garentees,if ones made it should come

> from your remediator co. not you.

>

> --- In , " lisapetrison "

>