Toxic
Black Mold Pictures
& Health Effects
Stachhybotrys toxic
black mold pictures, photographs, and
health symptoms and illnesses arising from
toxic black mold exposure.
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GAO Report Reports the
Top Dozen Mold Health Problems
The September 30, 2008, U.S. Government Accounting Office
(GAO) summary of the health effects caused by exposure to mold
("INDOOR MOLD," and subtitled, "Better Coordination of
Research on Health Effects and More Consistent Guidance Would
Improve Federal Efforts") reported that the following are the
top dozen most commonly-reported mold health problems reported
in thirty-two (32) federal government mold studies and
reports:
1. Asthma, asthma triggers, or asthma symptoms (such as
episodes or attacks)
2. Upper respiratory tract symptoms
3. Eye symptoms
4. Skin symptoms
5. Allergies or allergic reactions (symptoms not otherwise
specified)
6. Wheeze
7. Cough
8. Difficulty breathing, trouble breathing, or shortness of
breath
9. Infections (including those affecting people who have
chronic lung disease).
10. Adverse effects to the nervous system
11. Fungal colonization or opportunistic infections in
immune-compromised individuals
12. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
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Stachybotrys Toxic Black Mold
Pictures & Photographs
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are Stachhybotrys toxic black mold pictures and photographs. To get rid
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Several types of Stachybotrys [nickname:
Stachy] produce spores with poisonous
toxins. Long-term, and sometimes even short-term, exposure to
Stachybotrys black toxic mold has caused cold and flu symptoms, fatigue, diarrhea,
headaches, sore throat, hair loss, immune system suppression, memory
loss, and severe brain damage.
Whereas almost all mold spores can begin
growing after just
24 hours of wetness, Stachybotrys
mold spores take at least 48 hours of wetness to begin
growth. Stachybotrys survives and grows best in a continually wet
environment like a slow water leak in a wall.
Stachybotrys spores are not often airborne.
Only if Stachy is physically jarred or disturbed does Stachybotrys
show up in mold air sampling testing. Stachybotrys
black toxic mold is best detected by a
careful physical examination of a building, and Stachy
mold is usually identified by direct swabs or lift tape or
bulk samples of the mold itself with laboratory analysis.
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Mold pictures and read the health effects of
Absidia mold,
Alternaria mold,
Aspergillus mold,
Aureobasidium mold,
Chaetomium mold,
Cladosporium mold,
Exserohilum mold,
Fusarium mold,
Microsporum mold,
Mucor mold,
Penicillium mold,
Rhinocladiella mold,
Rhizopus mold,
Stachybotrys toxic black mold, and
Trichoderma mold.
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Dampness
and Inadequate Ventilation are Two Causes of Microbial
Pollution
From the World Health
Organization in its report WHO Guidelines for
Indoor Air Quality: Dampness
and Mould, published July 16, 2009
The presence of many
biological agents in
indoor environments is attributable
to dampness and inadequate
ventilation. Excess moisture on almost all indoor
materials leads to growth of
microbes, such as mould, fungi and bacteria, which
subsequently emit spores,
cells, fragments and volatile organic
compounds into
indoor air. Moreover, dampness initiates chemical or
biological degradation of materials,
which also pollute indoor air. Dampness has therefore been
suggested to be
strong, consistent indicator of risk of asthma and respiratory
symptoms (e.g. cough
and wheeze). The health risks of biological contaminants of
indoor air could thus
be addressed by considering dampness as the risk indicator.
Several widely acknowledged
global trends contribute to the conditions associated
with increased exposure to
dampness and mould:
►energy
conservation measures
that are not properly implemented (tightened
building envelopes,
ventilation deficits, improper insulation);
►urbanization (migration,
building type and density, urban degradation, housing
availability and
social inequity);
►climate
change
(increasing frequency of extreme
weather conditions, shifting
of
climate zones); and
►the quality and
globalization of building materials
and components, construction
concepts and techniques.
These conditions increase
the risks of adverse health effects due to biological
contaminants of indoor air.
Airborne Mold
Spores (colony-forming units)
The airborne concentrations of viable fungi in indoor
environments are usually in the order of a few to several thousand
colony-forming units (CFUs) per cubic metre
of air. In a given space, concentrations of fungi are highly variable
and depend on such factors as: climate and season, type of fungus,
construction, age and use of the building, and ventilation rate. They
also depend largely on the sampling and analytical methods used, making
valid comparisons between studies difficult. ------from the
World Health Organization in its report
WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality:
Dampness and Mould, published
July 16, 2009
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