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Mold in my office
Can anyone tell me what this mold report means?
============================= According to the State Lab of Hygiene report for the water damaged drywall sample taken from Curtin 495, there we aerobic actinomycete 1,400 colony forming units (CFU) per inch^2 82 % Acremonium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6 % Penicillium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6% Tribirachium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6% |
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Michael wrote:
Can anyone tell me what this mold report means? ============================= According to the State Lab of Hygiene report for the water damaged drywall sample taken from Curtin 495, there we aerobic actinomycete 1,400 colony forming units (CFU) per inch^2 82 % Acremonium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6 % Penicillium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6% Tribirachium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6% You can GOOGLE for each one. These medical/scientific sites may help also: http://www.dehs.umn.edu/iaq/fungus/ http://www3.sympatico.ca/ross.fraser/Richard9.htm http://alcor.concordia.ca/~raojw/crd...ept000179.html Jim |
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Michael wrote:
Can anyone tell me what this mold report means? ============================= According to the State Lab of Hygiene report for the water damaged drywall sample taken from Curtin 495, there we aerobic actinomycete 1,400 colony forming units (CFU) per inch^2 82 % Acremonium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6 % Penicillium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6% Tribirachium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6% Short answer. That fuzzy stuff is mold and unless you have a special allergy, you will live. As I recall non-of those are considered serious health risk. However you don't want them at all so you will want to take some form of action. I am no expert and I don't recognize those measurements, so it may be levels you would expect to find in any home. Believe me every home and office, street corner and farm field has some molds. -- Joseph Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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Michael wrote:
Can anyone tell me what this mold report means? ============================= According to the State Lab of Hygiene report for the water damaged drywall sample taken from Curtin 495, there we aerobic actinomycete 1,400 colony forming units (CFU) per inch^2 82 % Acremonium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6 % Penicillium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6% Tribirachium species 100 CFU/in^2, 6% I don't know the significance of what it says, but it is very significant that it *doesnt* say "Stachybotris" (stachybotris is the toxic black mold that the whole country is having a collective hissy fit about) Best regards, Bob |
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