Molds, are members of the fungi kingdom, they are not plants because among other things they lack chlorophyll. However they are plant like in some respects, for example like some simple plants such as mosses and ferns molds generate seed like reproductive particles called spores that are designed to move in air. These mold spores being airborne exist indoors as well as outdoors. Both the residents and the employee’s health are at stake if the mold spores indoors are at elevated levels.
Mold causes lots of ailments:
According to a well respected MAYO clinic finding they cause almost all sinus infection. According to a well respected Institute Of Medicine study, mold, mold odor, and moisture in buildings, has been linked to many upper respiratory problems such as allergy (itchy eyes, runny nose, coughing, sneezing,) as well as asthma problems in asthmatics.(tightness of chest and sometimes very serious difficulty breathing). According to other scientific studies mold odor, even in the absence of spores has been linked to a two fold or 200% increased chance of asthma development in children.
It is also well known that mold can cause skin rash and, and in some rare cases can cause flu like organic toxic dust syndrome, and a more long term condition with pneumonia like symptoms known as hypersensitivity pneumonitis. In persons with a compromised immune systems it can cause infections of the lungs or other parts of the body. Toxic mold can cause serious toxic reactions if eaten, or via other exposure routs. But toxic molds such as Tricoderma, Fusarium, Mamnonellia, some species of Penicillium, and Aspergillus, and of course the much feared Stachybotrys also known as toxic black mold has not yet been proven to cause toxic reactions when breathed in at the levels found in residential and office settings.
Typically it is not all the people in the house who are affected. But persons with asthma or allergy, small children, infants, elders, and people who are already suffering with grave health problems face acute problems.
“Prevention is better than cure” can be followed in controlling the development of mold. If you can adhere to these tips on mold control then you might keep away from perilous ailments.
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