Guest guest Posted April 25, 2002 Report Share Posted April 25, 2002 It's absolutely awesome to hear someone else describe the ability of hair to maintain and transport the mold. I found that wool garments are no different. I noticed that some contaminated places give me a huge " hit " but that I could walk away and recover without decontamination. Other places might hit me less, but I would carry the " reaction " with me. This led me to believe that the neurotoxic reaction was to aerosolized mycotoxins and not necessarily inhalation of spores. I tested this by placing a contaminated article in HEPA filters and taking it to my " clean " place. I put it under six layers of blankets and slept on it. I got the usual reaction and removed the article but went back to sleep on the same blankets. The reaction was gone. This convinced me that that spores had not penetrated the filter or blankets and that the toxic gas was truly my primary irritant. This was confirmed by Dr Marinkovich who told me that a housing project in Sweden had recently been identified with sick inhabitants but no spores could be found. Only when the walls were opened up were the colonies found, but they were so tightly sealed in the walls that only the toxic gas could escape. Many places that give me mold hits are strictly VOC hits and not spores. When I leave these areas I do not have to bother with decontamination. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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