MOLDS

Stachbotrys

Poria

Aspergillus

HomeTeam Inspection Service provides the following mold testing:

• Visual mold investigation, including prior & past water intrusion

• Physical samples

Molds or fungi break down dead materials.  The same powerful digestive enzymes that enable fungi to decompose wastes and dead organisms also permit them to reduce wood, fiber, and food into their components with great efficiency.  Various molds produce incalculable damage to stored goods and building materials each year.  These same molds cause great damage to housing, compromising the health of the residents and the structural soundness of the building.

Some molds are known to be highly toxic when ingested, such as the types that invade grains and peanuts.  Still others cause negative health effects, such as asthma or allergic reactions, when their reproductive spores are inhaled.  Most of the molds found indoors come from outdoors.  When molds are present in large quantities (called colonies) they can cause health problems in some people.

Molds can generally be divided into 3 groups based on their effects:
 Allergenic, Pathogenic and Toxins

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