Mold Testing for Safety [was: Re: air purifier and cleaning house]

January 7, 2011

Carl,

thank you so much for taking time to answer in such detail. I work with " molds "

a lot in my kitchen (soaking grains, kefiring raw milk etc.), fermenting

veggies, drinks, etc. so what you are describing makes a lot of sense in many

ways.

I am aware that molds are anywhere - it's about the balance. This is a rental

home we live in and will be for another year or two. So I guess what I have been

doing is probably the correct approach in the current situation. Removed the

little mold off of surfaces in the specific corner of the house during

winter/rain time and kept those areas very dry ever since (even if it means that

our utility bill goes ballistic during this season).

We are healthy as far as I can tell. I do make sure that we eat lots of healthy

unheated fats (raw butter, coconut oil, olive oil, avocado, eggs) though to

neutralize any possible toxicity in the body caused by our surrounding and other

factors you simply can't escape today anyway.

Some of the posts I read scared me and I started wondering if I could be a bit

too naive...

All the best,

a

>

> a,

>

> Good question and I hope my answer doesn't overwhelm or

> discourage you. There is a simpler and more accurate method

> than sampling which I offer at the end. But first it will help to

> understand why sampling won't answer your question about

> safety.

>

> There is no air sampling - do-it-yourself or professional - which by

> itself is reliable for much of anything beyond determining that

> Yes, this is mold or No, this is not mold. Plus what kind of mold

> was collected and identified in the sample with a semi-

> quantitative measure of amount (meaning there are numbers but

> they are usually not accurate). It will not tell you what mold is

> present but which wasn't collected and identified. Which is often

> much of the mold.

>

> ..snip

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