Will Toxic Black Mold In My Home Poison Me?
Daryl Watters
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Will Toxic Black Mold In My Home Poison Me?
Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Daryl Watters
A Accredited Mold Inspection Service, Inc.
http://www.floridamoldinspectors.us/
Toxic black mold or Stachybotrys is found by certified mold
inspectors about 6% of the time in indoor air samples and about
1% of the time in outdoor samples.
According to literature and according to this inspectors
experience it grows almost exclusively on very wet cellouse
containing materials including paper, carpet backings, ceiling
tile, and especially on drywall.
It is the most feared of all molds, due to the numerous news
reports, newspaper articles, and magazine articles attributing
possible brain damage, infant deaths, expensive property damage
and other horrible consequences surrounding its growth in
residential settings.
Many molds produce mycotoxins (toxic chemicals that molds use in
a type of microbial warfare). Living things that do not possess
claws, fangs, or a hard shell to use in self defense or fast legs
to run away from predators, will typically revert to the use of
camouflage or the production of poisons. This is very common in
nature.
In reality, toxic molds like Stachybotrys also known as toxic
black mold and others may have to be either consumed in mold
contaminated foods, or physically handled so that excessive
physical contact is made between human skin and the mold in order
for toxic reactions to develop. At this time most scientists do
not believe that breathing in toxic mold spores can have toxic
effects on humans when inhaled at the levels typically
encountered in homes and offices.
Public opinion may not be in support of the above statement and
in the future we may find that the above statement is not true
and perhaps one day we will find that toxic molds cause toxic
reactions via inhalation but at the time of the writing
scientific evidence does not support the view that toxic molds
can poison you via inhalation at levels found in indoor
environments. To support this statement please review the
following abstract from the International Journal of Toxicology
Volume 23, Number 1 / January-February 2004 pages 3 to 10.
"Risk from Inhaled Mycotoxins in Indoor Office and Residential
Environments
Bruce J. Kelman A1, Coreen A. Robbins A1, Lonie J. Swenson A1,
Bryan D. Hardin A1 A1 GlobalTox, Inc., Redmond, Washington, USA
Abstract:
Mycotoxins are known to produce veterinary and human diseases
when consumed with contaminated foods. Mycotoxins have also been
proposed to cause adverse human health effects after inhalation
exposure to mold in indoor residential, school, and office
environments. Epidemiological evidence has been inadequate to
establish a causal relationship between indoor mold and
nonallergic, toxigenic health effects. In this article, the
authors model a maximum possible dose of mycotoxins that could be
inhaled in 24 h of continuous exposure to a high concentration of
mold spores containing the maximum reported concentration of
aflatoxins B1 and B2, satratoxins G and H, fumitremorgens B and
C, verruculogen, and trichoverrols A and B. These calculated
doses are compared to effects data for the same mycotoxins. None
of the maximum doses modeled were sufficiently high to cause any
adverse effect. The model illustrates the inefficiency of
delivery of mycotoxins via inhalation of mold spores, and
suggests that the lack of association between mold exposure and
mycotoxicoses in indoor environments is due to a requirement for
extremely high airborne spore levels and extended periods of
exposure to elicit a response. This model is further evidence
that human mycotoxicoses are implausible following inhalation
exposure to mycotoxins in mold-contaminated home, school, or
office environments."
Regardless of if toxic mold can poison you with mycotoxins via
inhalation, it is a fact observed by this inspector and by mold
remediators many times over that mold can make some people very
sick. Asthma attacks, allergies, and sinus infections from mold
appear to be very common. Such conditions in turn can cause
people to loose sleep, loose energy and concentration, miss work,
and in general feel as if they were being poisoned by mycotoxins.
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