Buying or Renting a Home Without a Mold Problem
What should we look for when buying or renting a home? How can we choose a safe environment and avoid hazardous water damage that can lead to serious health issues? The following 10 guidelines: Look for a low permeability rating (minimal chance of unwanted moisture...
Renters with Mold Problems
Visible mold is covered by the California Housing Code: visible residential mold at a level that may be hazardous to occupants is a condition that makes housing substandard. The visible mold can be cited by local code enforcement so that the owner is required to...
Mold Laws in California
The 2001 Toxic Mold Protection Act (PDF; SB 732, Ortiz) directed the California Department of Health Services (now Department of Public Health or CDPH) to determine the feasibility of establishing health-based permissible exposure limits (PELS) for indoor mold. If...
Health Effects of Mold Exposure
Molds release tiny spores and even smaller particles that travel through the air. Everyone inhales some mold every day without apparent harm; however, molds can cause allergy, irritation or inflammation, or rarely, infection. Allergic reactions are the most...
Mold and Moisture in Your Home or Workplace
Molds are simple, microscopic organisms, present virtually everywhere, indoors and outdoors. Molds, along with mushrooms and yeasts, are fungi and are needed to break down dead plant and animal material and to recycle nutrients in the environment. Because molds grow...
California Mold Law for Landlords and Tenant
It's one of the most frequent complaints among California tenants, but until 2016 there was little they could do about potentially hazardous mold in their units. Since 2016, state law considers mold a condition of substandard housing. That means for the first time,...
Who is Responsible for Mold, Landlord or Tenant?
If you have a tenant with mold sensitivities who alerts you to a mold problem, the appropriate response may not be obvious. You may think that it’s your responsibility to clean it up, but many times, it’s not. It depends on the severity and cause of the...
Landlords, Tenants and Black Mold
When you search for a rental house or apartment, you generally look for a place that's affordable, in decent shape, close to work, and suitable to your personal needs. One of the last questions on your mind is whether a given property is contaminated with toxic black...
HERTSMI and ERMI Mold Scores Related to Safety
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS While high scores of both ERMI and HERTSMI-2 accurately predicted markedly increased risk of recrudescence, only low HERTSMI-2 predicted safety from reexposure for patients who had prior CIRS-WDB. Use of HERTSMI-2 is inexpensive, reproducibly...
Proper Certification of Your Mold Inspector
An Introduction to The Certification Council Founded in 1992, The Certification Council is North America’s oldest and most prestigious certifying body dedicated to indoor air quality. The Certification Council offers consultation services in the field of professional...
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