Re: Where to spores go?

[Guest guest]

Robin,

Good question. And to help understand the answer, think " dust. "

Spores, spore fragments, hyphae, hyphal fragments and other

particulates have the same general physical size and

characteristics as " dust. " And, in fact, are a component of dust.

They are part of what makes up the broad category of airborne

particles we call " dust. "

When dust samples are analyzed in the lab by a microscopy

process called " dust characterization, " fungal-type particles are

one of over 200 substances which can be identified in " dust. "

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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Im trying to get a grasp of what happens to those roving mold spores..

the ones left over afer a remediation and those that rove in and out of our

lives via nature.

We can hep vacc.. dust, damp cloth wipe, use hepa filters to take them

away.. will they blow away with open windows (which seem would bring

more in as well).. where do they go?

My parents house had a recent mold spore invasion most likely due to

contaminated scrubbers or the repair work on outside structure of

house.. outside wall was removed looking for mold leaving drywall open

and most likely venuse for mold spores to enter into the house.

Where do these spores go? Can you air the house out without bringing

more in? What happens when people do air their houses out and mold

spores come in? Are they just eventually cleaned away? This is why we

have air purifiers, hepa vaccs and dust rags?

Will vaccuuming furniture help? I hear getting rid of furniture thats been

in a WDB and stewing in the brew.. but mold spores are obviously going

to come into the house and sometimes the numbers can get over 1000

per cu meter of air.. the house we are moving into was about 1300 spores

per cu meter .. windows were open when checked because the floor was

being sanded.

For most people these counts are fine.. but for others not.. Ive never

thought about this before.. spore counts, mold bad.. etc.. this is a new

paradigm to get a grip on..

Thanks..

Robin

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