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HAVE YOU BEEN EXPOSED TOXIC MOLD, MYCOTOXINS OR AFLATOXINS IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE? If your office, apartment, home, or the home you are considering buying or renting has evidence of water damage, water intrusion, or flooding, you should be concerned about mold.
IF YOU HAVE HAD WATER LEAKS FROM STORMS, SEWAGE BACK-UPS, BROKEN PIPES, FLOODING, HIGH HUMIDITY OR ANY OTHER WATER OR MOISTURE RELATED ISSUES, YOU MAY HAVE INDOOR MOLD, MYCOTOXIN OR AFLATOXIN ISSUES. JUST BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SEE OR SMELL MOLD, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT MOLD IS NOT THERE.
Most interior mold is a byproduct of water reacting with modern construction materials such as drywall paper, carpeting, wallpaper backings and particleboard. Although the existence of the simple fungus has been documented since biblical days, modern structures, which are sealed to keep in heat and air conditioning, encourage the growth of mold.
Because mold can’t grow without a source of water – typically from slow-leaking pipes or other water intrusion – it’s usually simple to remove/repair the source and clean up the mold. Mold is often a maintenance issue. When you stop the water, you stop the potential for mold. ALL molds reproduce by making "spores." Mold spores are microscopic and only become visible when individual spores accumulate. According to the United States EPA, these microscopic particles continuously move through indoor and outdoor air. When mold spores find moisture indoors, they may "begin growing and digesting whatever they are growing on in order to survive." Molds gradually destroy whatever they are growing on. Most interior mold is a byproduct of water reacting with modern construction materials such as drywall paper, carpeting, wallpaper backings and particleboard. Although the existence of the simple fungus has been documented since biblical days, modern structures, which are sealed to keep in heat and air conditioning, encourage the growth of mold.
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