What Are The Signs Of Mold Allergies In Children & What To Do Next
While the presence of mold can affect all people and pets, it can impede a child’s health significantly if left to proliferate. If you suspect children in your home are suffering from illnesses caused by mold, it’s important to know what to look for and how to get rid of the offending fungus. How Does Mold Affect Children? It has been said that at least one in every three kids is allergic to mold. Like with adults, symptoms of a mold allergy often manifest in respiratory problems which include a runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes, coughing, and throat irritation. If left untreated, more severe illnesses such as asthma and lung infections can occur. These pose a [...]
Do Houseplants Cause Mold? The Truth May Surprise You
If you’re diligent about keeping your home mold free, you may want to give your indoor plants a second look—they, too, can harbor mold. But can they be saved? How Do Houseplants Attract Mold? Houseplants can be like children; they give us great joy as we nurture them and watch them grow, but they can get sick, and mold is just one of the ways a plant can take ill. Overwatering, poor drainage, old potting soil, and decaying matter can encourage fungi in any plant. Some molds can be relatively harmless, but others can kill a plant and make you sick in the process. What Can You Do If You Plant Has Been Attacked By Mold? [...]
How To Prevent, Find & Get Rid Of Mold In Your Bathroom
In any home, the bathroom is the most common place for mold to proliferate, due to the humidity from your shower, bathtub, and sink. Here are some tips for dealing with mold if you spot it in your bathroom, or prevent it if it's not already there. Does Your Bathroom Have Mold? Mold thrives in damp, dark and isolated spots. The bathroom, therefore, lends itself to mold growth. Even if your shower, or entire bathroom, dries between use, it may not stay that way long enough to stop mold from growing. Poor ventilation, a dripping showerhead, or leaky pipes only add to the problem as do certain materials such as wood, rugs, paper products, wallpaper, and [...]
How To Get Rid Of Mold Naturally
While there are many ways to eradicate mold from your home, some cleaning agents may be highly toxic to you and detrimental to the environment. There are many ways to get rid of mold using natural ingredients. Natural Ways To Rid Your Home Of Mold It’s best to prevent mold before it can spread. If there are any leaks in your home, repair them. Dry any moist or wet areas as quickly as possible, and ventilate spots in your home where humidity is higher. However, if mold already exists, there a few household products that will help you combat it safely: Vinegar Vinegar is a cheap, naturally-antimicrobial substance you can use to clean places where mold [...]
Osha’s Standards For Preventing Mold In The Workplace
Mold can appear anywhere, inside or out, where conditions are ripe, even in the workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has specific guidelines regarding the effects of mold exposure and mold remediation in the workplace. What is OSHA? OSHA is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. Founded in 1970, OSHA's mission is to "assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance.” Under OSHA law, employers must inform workers about potential hazards in the workplace, provide safety training, and perform routine tests to ensure the surrounding environment is not harming the health and wellness of employees. [...]
Does Homeowners Insurance Cover Mold Remediation?
When it comes to homeowners insurance, it is best to be well informed and proactive before mold becomes a problem in your home. Coverage varies from company to company and policy to policy. If you have any questions regarding mold coverage and cleanup, don’t hesitate to contact your insurance agency for help sorting it out. Does Homeowners Insurance Cover Water Damage? Depending on the cause, homeowners insurance can keep you covered if your home suffers water damage. It is likely that in the event of an unexpected internal problem, like a leaky pipe or broken dishwasher, you will be covered, but consult your policy before making that assumption, as policies can vary. Water damage caused by [...]
How To Find, Remove and Prevent Mold In Your Carpet
When mold becomes embedded in carpet fibers, it’s nearly impossible to get rid of. It can grow fast in any damp area in your home, and once it gets a foothold in your carpet, you have to put a significant amount of time and effort into getting rid of it. How Can You Tell If Your Carpet Has Mold? If you and your family are having a higher than average incidence of respiratory problems, asthma, or bronchitis, and the walls, floors, and basement of your home are otherwise mold free, your carpet may be the culprit. A damp carpet and possible leak from the floor underneath it is a good conduit for mold. Musty odors [...]
Can Mold Affect Your Dog And Cats Health?
We know mold exposure in the home can cause a myriad of problems in humans, but pets can also suffer from health issues. They, like infants and toddlers, can feel the effects quicker than the average adult because of their size. What Are The Symptoms Of Mold Exposure In Pets? Different species can show different symptoms to toxic mold—a cat may not show sickness in the same way a rabbit might. However, there are a few general indicators that may warrant a trip to the vet. If your pet is licking too much, is scratching excessively to the point of bleeding, developing hair loss or sores (but has no fleas), or exhibits respiratory ailments such as [...]
Can Mold Cause Hair Loss?
Most people think hair loss is exclusively caused by heredity, an unhealthy diet, poor lifestyle, or a combination of those factors. Not many people realize, however, that mold can also cause hair loss. Yes, it is surprising, but true. People typically associate mold with spoiled food, but mold can also inhabit damp, musty places and even parts of the body that accumulate moisture, but do not allow it to breathe, or dry out (Athlete's foot, for example, is caused by a type of fungus or mold!). It's no wonder then that hair loss could also be caused, unknowingly, by mold infection! What Kind Of Mold Causes Hair To Fall Out? The most common strain of molds [...]
What Are The Rules Regarding Mold In Rental Properties? Is It The Landlord or Tenants Responsibility?
LANDLORD VS. TENANT - What Are The Rules Regarding Mold Responsibility In Rental Properties? It’s one thing when mold sets in on a homeowner’s property and jeopardizes the health of its permanent occupants. When mold plagues a rental property, the fallout can fan out to affect not just the current tenants but landlords, neighbors, and future residents who may inherit the infestation after the renters now coping with it have moved on. Given the extensive process and sometimes considerable expense of professional mold remediation, we consider it a prudent precaution for landlords and tenants alike to inform themselves thoroughly of how the law defines responsibility for dealing with an infestation. Make no mistake, landlords and tenants [...]
What Is Black Mold?
Distressed homeowners and even mold remediation professionals often throw around the term “black mold” with a tone of ever-present concern when discussing toxic risks associated with degrees of ongoing water damage. Truth be told, the nomenclature itself is technically an immensely broad generalization worthy of a certain valid, crucial caution that accompanies a surprising degree of misconception. Have you ever heard the phrase, “All elephants are gray, but not all gray things are elephants?” Professional mold remediators understand black mold by the very same principle. What Is Black Mold? Our planet is actually home to thousands of species of black mold, at least a thousand of them in the United States alone. Before you go fortifying [...]
Is There A Link Between Autism And Indoor Mold Exposure?
The autism spectrum is a complex tapestry of neurological disorders whose fabric medical science has only begun to unravel. Not a year goes by that doesn't see multiple segments of the worldwide scientific community present their evidence supposedly shedding light on one or more supposedly eye-opening causes of autism but few clues have dramatically improved any understanding of exactly how it develops. That's what makes emerging proof of correlations between this family of conditions and more comprehensively understood environmental markers such as toxic mold exposure all the more valuable: the more completely we can fill in one side of an equation, the more data we can apply in turn to the other. To be clear, the [...]
How To Choose A Mold Remediation Company
Discovering a thriving mold colony in your home presents a host of complex, potentially expensive problems - none of which should be addressed by any less than certified professionals. You may wonder how your property became infested in the first place and just how extensively the spores may have spread and multiplied beyond the first spot of growth you see. Likewise, it’s understandable to fret the potential health risks that accompany a mold invasion and just how costly remediation can become when compared to the estimated dollar amount of damage mold can do to your property. The best mold remediation companies in any market will address your infestation in as thorough and timely a manner as [...]
How To Prevent Mold In Closets And Walls
Virtually any species of mold does its nastiest work where it can wallow undisturbed in its ideal level of moisture to be fruitful and multiply. A poorly maintained closet or wall makes an ideal incubator where a colony can foster quickly and prolifically before anyone catches on to its presence before it can wreak havoc on your home and any occupant's health. Of course, a closet is a secluded, shadowy space by nature. Now, think about how prone anyone could be to throwing damp clothing, swimsuits or towels inside and forgetting about them by simple virtue of "out of sight, out of mind." Meanwhile, water escaping from leaky pipes or seeping in through a weakened roof [...]
What Are The Signs Of Mold And Mold Illness?
There are two guaranteed ways to recognize a mold problem in your home: pick up on the visible signs you have an infestation or become familiar with the spectrum of mold illness symptoms. Obviously, we care deeply about your health the wellbeing of your loved ones, so we unconditionally favor an emphasis on former and enlisting only trained and respected remediation professionals to deal with any issues that do arise. That being said, as experienced expert, we also recognize that mold doesn’t always sprout in plain sight. In fact, the most dangerous blights gain a foothold well out of sight and undisturbed, remaining inconspicuous until either rot, sickness, or both spread through your household. A little [...]
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