by AdminGreen | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
We are especially interested in one presenter’s comments during the public ASHRAE session. Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., of Building Science Corp., Westford, Mass., has entitled his presentation, “What Happened? Why Mold and Why Now?” As quoted elsewhere in this...
by AdminGreen | Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Typically “fresh” air contains more mold spores than pollen grains. Mold and mold spores are in the air year-round, indoors and out. Mold and fungi reproduce by giving off huge numbers of mold spores into the air, similar to plants releasing pollen. When mold spores...
by AdminGreen | Feb 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mold spores are tiny bacteria less than 4 microns in size – so small that as many as 250,000 spores can fit on a pin head and a person can inhale as many as 750,000 of these spores per minute. The body has natural defense filtering systems – such as mucous lining,...
by AdminGreen | Apr 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Living with Mold Linked to Severe Asthma: Study September 8th, 2010 A new study highlights the risk of household mold, which may increase the risk of severe asthma attacks among people with certain genes. The study was published online last month in the American...
