Re: Indoor Air Quality- who can do testing in CA??

[Guest guest]

who do i contact to get my indoor air quality tested here in Oakland CA? I just

had the city i nspector come out- he gave me #'s but they are no help.. he said

my current unit is illegal.. - which i already knew== who do i call?

and will my health get back to normal after I move?

thanks

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> Good points. I'm a consultant and in my experience about half the

> people who suspect mold exposure are reacting to something

> else. Of those who are being exposed to mold about a third of

> them are reacting to mold and also to other sources such as

> those you have identified.

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> Carl Grimes

> Healthy Habitats LLC

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[Guest guest]

thanks for the info on testing.. i live in a garage, so no filters- well i do

have my hepa filter-- but no furnace filters. should be easy to test air

qualityl.

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> Dr. Jack Thrasher PhD did some testing of our SF house, and then

> referred us to Chip Prokop out of Petaluma to do more IAQ testing. Also

> check out this link on bau biologie and Aroner (<http://

> articles.sfgate.com/2005-02-18/entertainment/17358243_1_sick-building-

> biologie-contaminants>, <http://www.buildingconcerns.com/nocal/

> indoor.htm> )who a fried of a friend recommended to me a while back, and

> then there is another bau biologie consultant who I met on this

> list.. Stadner (<http://buildingbiology.net/webpages/bbec/

> stadtner.html>). Looks like Aroner is in Berkeley.

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> I am not recommending any of these folks other than Dr. Thrasher came to

> our house and did a great job, took samples and the HEPF filter from our

> HVAC which showed long term contamination and then he referred us to

> Chip who also sampled. It was good, thorough, still trying to figure

> out how best remediate though... But, all quite expensive. In my rental

> house hunting I will try a less expensive approach to rule in or out

> different properties of interest, and then may to more extensive testing

> on a place we move to for ensuring it is safe..

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> good luck, it's complicated. sue

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