Re: climate and sick buildings

[Guest guest]

I would think it would be were there's the least amount of moisture

the desert possibly southern Arizona, southern California, southern

New Mexico? If your feeling better out of your house perhaps it's

something in the house that's bothering you.

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Don't count on that; many buildings in the SW desert areas have flat

roofs that leak or have leaked. Many also have evaporative coolers

that leak or have leaked. While high humidity may be worse than our

lack of humidity here, that does not mean there are not problems here.

You can get dishes of agar to put in someplace you want to live and do

a mold test. I don't know the specifics but maybe if you google it you

will find out. I think you have to leave them out for four hours (one

in each room) then walk through each room once an hour to stif stuff

up, and then submit them to a lab within 24 hours. It's not expensive

but I don't know where to get the stuff.

MA

[Guest guest]

The problem I see w very dry climates is that any wind makes dirt airborne where

you may inhale more particles. There is mold everywhere, even in dry climates.

The other thing is in these very hot climates, air conditioners are everywhere,

and they are mold making machines, so I think temperate areas, although I know

one person here who is happy w her experience in New Mexico. If you live

somewhere that air conditioners are going 24/7, I don't think that is good,

considering the inadequate maintenance they are given. I had a friend from AZ

come and visit and got in her car for a short ride and couldn't take the mold

aroma coming from it. She and her husband have both had cancer. It was his car

she was driving bec he died and she took his car. I couldn't wait to get out of

it. Really, the air in it was 'choking' thick w something. Really wouldn't

live in FL for sure, agree w that. I think stay away from very hot areas.

Although for other reasons I think NM is desireable location.

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> I would think it would be were there's the least amount of moisture

> the desert possibly southern Arizona, southern California, southern

> New Mexico? If your feeling better out of your house perhaps it's

> something in the house that's bothering you.

>

>

[Guest guest]

yeah I live in Maine and I have tried to make my condo a safe place I

hardly ever leaave and if I do I usually have to wear a mask

Janet

In a message dated 1/23/2011 6:02:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jeaninem660@... writes:

yep, thats why I fell the whole subject of where to live is just to

complacated , most of us live inside, not outside, where we spend most of our

time is where we need to worry about mold, but yes, some areas with alot of

high moisture outside on a constant basis would not be good either. just about

any place you can think of could be problematic one way or another.

[Guest guest]

less moisture is not always a good thing, exspecially with chronic sinusitis,

and and even if you dont fell your sunuses suffered alot from WDB exposure, a

very dry state might cause sinuses to be aggervated and could cause worsening

condition.

moisture is good for the body, it's mold that isn't.

dehydration is another factor to consider for some WDB patients.

my kidneys have suffered too, I dont think a very dry state is going to help

me. rushing to move somewhere without fully understanding what your body has

suffered and what it needs could make thinks worse not better.

the short time I was in AZ. it aggervated my sinuses and I was getting

dehydrated. things to think about.

>

> I would think it would be were there's the least amount of moisture

> the desert possibly southern Arizona, southern California, southern

> New Mexico? If your feeling better out of your house perhaps it's

> something in the house that's bothering you.

>

> -------

> Don't count on that; many buildings in the SW desert areas have flat

> roofs that leak or have leaked. Many also have evaporative coolers

> that leak or have leaked. While high humidity may be worse than our

> lack of humidity here, that does not mean there are not problems here.

>

> You can get dishes of agar to put in someplace you want to live and do

> a mold test. I don't know the specifics but maybe if you google it you

> will find out. I think you have to leave them out for four hours (one

> in each room) then walk through each room once an hour to stif stuff

> up, and then submit them to a lab within 24 hours. It's not expensive

> but I don't know where to get the stuff.

>

> MA

>

[Guest guest]

Constant dryness does cause cracks in sinuses that allow bacteria, fungus and

viruses to enter blood stream. That's why we tend to catch the flu or cold in

the wintertime the rest of the country bec our sinuses dry out. I really think

to stay away from areas of high humidity, where there tends to be flooding so

old buildings are contaminated from past, high ground and well maintained home,

yours and close neighbors look well maintained. It's difficult to be sure.

>

> less moisture is not always a good thing, exspecially with chronic sinusitis,

and and even if you dont fell your sunuses suffered alot from WDB exposure, a

very dry state might cause sinuses to be aggervated and could cause worsening

condition.

> moisture is good for the body, it's mold that isn't.

> dehydration is another factor to consider for some WDB patients.

> my kidneys have suffered too, I dont think a very dry state is going to help

me. rushing to move somewhere without fully understanding what your body has

suffered and what it needs could make thinks worse not better.

>

> the short time I was in AZ. it aggervated my sinuses and I was getting

dehydrated. things to think about.

[Guest guest]

yep, thats why I fell the whole subject of where to live is just to complacated

, most of us live inside, not outside, where we spend most of our time is where

we need to worry about mold, but yes, some areas with alot of high moisture

outside on a constant basis would not be good either. just about any place you

can think of could be problematic one way or another.

>

> Constant dryness does cause cracks in sinuses that allow bacteria, fungus and

viruses to enter blood stream. That's why we tend to catch the flu or cold in

the wintertime the rest of the country bec our sinuses dry out. I really think

to stay away from areas of high humidity, where there tends to be flooding so

old buildings are contaminated from past, high ground and well maintained home,

yours and close neighbors look well maintained. It's difficult to be sure.

>

[Guest guest]

I had those same thoughts Jeanine, before I was exposed I lived in Phoenix for 3

years and during the summer months I spent very little time outside I was always

in an air conditioned building. When I lived in Manhattan Beach CA every

apartment that I lived in I don't recall any of them having air conditioning.

>

> yep, thats why I fell the whole subject of where to live is just to

complacated , most of us live inside, not outside, where we spend most of our

time is where we need to worry about mold, but yes, some areas with alot of high

moisture outside on a constant basis would not be good either. just about any

place you can think of could be problematic one way

>