What can off gas and what cannot/Re: Plastic Containers

[Guest guest]

Ohhh.. OK. This is very helpful. Thank you so much. I want to know what has

happened to this house and me, my kids and their chronic candida, tummy issues,

OI/POTS.

Robin

--- In , " Jack Thrasher, Ph.D. " <toxicologist1@...>

wrote:

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> Stachy and other fungi shed fine particulates in the wet state and dry state.

The older the colonies the greater the shedding.

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> If you do ERMI testing do both carpet dust and bulk samples. The carpet dust

usually does not reveal the presence of Stachy, while bulk samples of visible

usually does.

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> [] What can off gas and what cannot/Re: Plastic

Containers

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> Oh.. ok so the spores or mycotoxins, endotoxins can leak out in different

ways... stachy likes to stay still unless disturbed, usually dried out..

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> I started having attacks before the remediation. So trying to piece this

together. Spores then can be anywhere in the house but less likely if the wall

had not been exposed to drying air.. the mycotoxins and endotoxins, etc could be

anywhere in the house..

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> Im not clear if mycotoxins can exist as a " form " without the spore though.

Endotoxins as well.. bacteria I can see existing separately but not sure the

food source , if one is needed, and how long they would stay alie without the

moist environment.

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> We ended up with airborne spores in LR 7 per sq meter after the initial

botched remediation.. but the bathroom was upstairs.

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> I am thinking about doing ARMI samples on all three levels of the house and

see what comes up. We are moving out, but I want to know what we have been

dealing with and get an idea of the damage. The house never had high spore

counts of any mold.

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> If you have the time to address, I would be most grateful.

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> Robin

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