How to Do Low-Cost Mold Sample Collection and Mold Laboratory Identification of Mold Species

Written by Phillip Fry


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(3) Smell mold (the digestive gas emitted by mold eatingrepparttar home or building) and want to test a number of surfaces upon which elevated levels of airborne mold spores may have landed or been deposited, such as on walls, window sills, window and door trim, refrigerator top, kitchen cabinet tops, undusted furniture, heating/cooling duct registers, andrepparttar 113912 return air filter inrepparttar 113913 heating/cooling system.

The easy steps involved in tape lift sampling are---

1. Cut a three-inch (3”) long strip of one-inch (1”) wide, transparent sticky tape.

2. While wearing rubber gloves and a breathing respirator mask (with organic vapor filters) fromrepparttar 113914 local hardware or home improvement store, pressrepparttar 113915 tape strip firmly (sticky side down) ontorepparttar 113916 visible mold growth or ontorepparttar 113917 surface being tested.

3. Remove (peel back)repparttar 113918 tape fromrepparttar 113919 surface.

4. Open up a small ziplock bag (a transparent, easily sealable plastic storage bag), and press lightlyrepparttar 113920 lift tape sample sticky side ontorepparttar 113921 inside sidewall ofrepparttar 113922 ziplock bag.

5. Close [zip shut]repparttar 113923 ziplock bag completely. Tape it shut if necessary to make sure no airborne mold spores can escape.

6. Attach torepparttar 113924 outside ofrepparttar 113925 ziplock bag a large adhesive label withrepparttar 113926 tester’s name, date of sampling, property address,repparttar 113927 precise testing location at that address (e.g., “air conditioning duct register in living room”), testing method (“lift tape sampling”), andrepparttar 113928 name, postal address, email address, phone number, and fax number (if any} ofrepparttar 113929 person submittingrepparttar 113930 sample torepparttar 113931 mold laboratory.

7. Mail or expressrepparttar 113932 collected lift tape samples (including payment ofrepparttar 113933 lab’s analysis fee} torepparttar 113934 mold analysis laboratory for mold species identification and quantification.

For more information about mold laboratory analysis and mold species identification, please visit---

http://www.moldlab.biz http://www.moldinspector.com http://www.certifiedmoldinspectors.com http://www.moldmart.net

Certified Mold Inspector, and author of the books Mold Health Guide and Mold Legal Guide.


Protect Against Mesothelioma by Avoiding Asbestos

Written by Jimmy Atkinson


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Small asbestos fibers that enterrepparttar air do not evaporate and can remain suspended inrepparttar 113911 air for a long time. These fibers, when breathed intorepparttar 113912 body, are toxic. There are three types of asbestos exposure.

Occupational asbestos exposure: People working in factories that manufacure asbestos are likely to have a high exposure to asbestos and are most at risk of developing asbestosis or mesothelioma.

Paraoccupational asbestos exposure: Family members of workers exposed to asbestos inrepparttar 113913 workplace are susceptible to exposure from asbestos dust brought home byrepparttar 113914 worker on his clothes or skin.

Neighborhood asbestos exposure: Those who live inrepparttar 113915 vicinity of an asbestos manufacturing plant are also at risk.

Mesothelioma is still a relatively rare form of cancer. There are an estimated 2,000 - 3,000 new cases per year inrepparttar 113916 United States. Approximately 7-13 per one million male patients with a history of asbestos exposure contract mesothelioma. Diagnosis usually occurs 20-40 years after initial exposure to asbestos.

Jimmy Atkinson writes for the Mesothelioma Blog.


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