Mold Removal 101
Mold is one of life’s little inconveniences which can be potentially very harmful to people who come into contact with it. If you think you have mold growing in your home this article will help you identify what course of action to take. There is a lot of widespread confusion about the different varieties of the fungus which the following paragraphs wish to identify.
We’ve all heard horror stories about the horrifying affects mold can have on your health, whilst many funguses do pose a huge risk to people’s wellbeing you should bear in mind that other forms are relatively mild and present little risk. Pink mold is a perfect example of this; this fungus doesn’t do that much damage to humans and can be dealt with rather easily by you. Simply put on a pair of rubber gloves and fill a container of water with bleach, a cap full will more than suffice, any more and you risk permanently damaging the affected area. Most people like to apply this mixture in a spray bottle, this is certainly a good idea but by no means compulsory. Simply spray the bleach/water over the affected are and scrub away, this should kill the fungus and resolve your problem if you aren’t in fact only dealing with pink mold. Read the rest of this entry »
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Introduction Into Mold – A Growing Health Concern
Mold has been around for thousands of years. Some of the earliest written documents can be found in the bible. Here are a couple of examples of mold and mildew in the bible:
Leviticus, Chapter 14: 39-47
“On the seventh day the priest shall return to inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls, he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town. If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house is scraped and plastered, it is a destructive mildew ant the house is unclean. It must be torn down—its stones, timbers and all the plaster—and taken out of town.”
Leviticus, Chapter 13: 47-50
“If any clothing is contaminated with mildew – any woolen or linen clothing, any woven or knitted material of linen or wool, any leather or anything make of leather – if the contamination in the clothing or leather, or woven or knitted material, or any leather article, is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest. The priest is to examine the mildew and isolate the affected article for seven days…” Read the rest of this entry »
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About Mold
Mold belongs to a family of fungi with over 100,000 species. With a little bit of water or moisture, the growth will attach itself to and consume nearly anything organic. Included are plant products such as wood, paper, drywall, furniture, clothes, flowers; and animal products such as leather, bone, hides, meat, and pet feces. Mold tends to avoid concrete, plastics, resins, glass, and ceramic tile – unless there is an abundance of dust cover and moist conditions. Mold’s bi-product is a gas that emits a foul smell. Some molds release gas that has proven to be toxic for humans to breate.
Molds are microscopic multicellular organisms that for years were thought to be a plant, despite its consumption of other organic matter. It was then discovered that mold lacks the essential plant ingredient, chlorophyll. Mold (sometimes spelled mould) can live dormant for hundreds of years. For this reason, scientists consider it to be a little more plant than animal. Read the rest of this entry »