Indoor
Pollution Questions and Answers from Phillip Fry, Certified Environmental
Hygienist
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Q.
October 2, 2011. Attached are some pictures of the self mold tests that I
did using do it yourself mold test
kits. Our home is 11 years old and uses forced air. I have noticed that
there is a mild musty smell coming out of the vents when the AC is being
run, this is what lead me to conduct a test. Also we tend to have
allergies which may be related. Can you please tell me what I need to do
to eliminate this
mold problem? We have little children and I am a bit disturbed by
the positive results.
A.
The bluish green mold colonies in your mold test kit pictures are the
combination of Aspergillus and Penicillium mold, the second and third most
unhealthy indoor mold species. Mold growing in your heating, ventilating,
and air conditioning (HVAC) system is a disaster in terms of your family
health because the mold spores from the mold growing in your HVAC system
are continually thrown into the air from the outward air flow from the
HVAC registers. These airborne mold spores make your family sick and also
mold cross contaminate your entire house. First step---You need to do
ozone blasting at least two or three separate times for one hour each time
into your heating/cooling fresh air intake to kill mold spores and
mold growth inside the HVAC. You also need to do ozone treatment of your
entire house. You can buy our low cost, very powerful high ozone generator
Bio3Blaster for these repeated treatments at http://www.envirodetectives.com/ozone_blasting.htm Be
sure to read the posted use and safety instructions to use ozone treatment
safely and effectively in your home. Second step---after the ozone
treatments of your HVAC, then use a fogging machine to fog boric acid
powder mix into your fresh air HVAC intake or into its return air duct, as
well as into each of the HVAC registers. Do the fresh air intake or
return air duct while the system is running on fan ventilation. Do fogging
of the individual ducts when the system is NOT running. The best quality
fogging machine at a low price is the Hurricane model available from http://www.dynafog.com.
For the best quality boric acid powder and for the mix formula, please
visit the boric pages on http://www.moldmart.net.
Once you own both the Bio3Blaster and the Hurricane fogging machine, you
can make big money renting them out to help mold victims in your area.
While on Mold Mart, consider buying two of my ebooks that you really need:
(1) Mold Health Guide;
and (2) Do It Best Yourself
Mold Inspection, Testing, Remediation, and Prevention,
only $15 each for email attachment delivery to you. Please email me any
followup mold questions you may have. In service, Phillip Fry, manager,
Certified Environmental Hygienist, Certified Mold Inspector, and Certified
Mold Remediator.
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