According to the results of HomeAdvisor’s 2017 True Cost Survey, the average homeowner has spent nearly 60 percent more on home projects over the past 12 months. And a 7 percent¹ increase in total nationwide expenditures on home improvement — with homeowners tackling...
ERMI: Environmental Relative Moldiness Index What Is ERMI? ERMI is the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index – the combination of EPA research, powerful PCR technology, and a new method to screen homes for mold. Based on recently published data from EPA researchers...
The HERTSMI-2 Test Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker, M.D. has developed the The HERTSMI-2 Test by looking at the ERMI scores of thousands of mold illness patients and determining which species of mold seemed to be most problematic for them. The HERTSMI-2 looks for the presence...
Mold illness comes from any indoor environment that is damaged by water intrusion. What would you do if you faced the following concerns of real patients? You are a new home buyer. You have a history of unusual fatigue, cognitive problems, and chronic respiratory...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) developed an index for indoor mold analysis called ERMI (Environmental Relative Moldiness Index). The standard is based on a test using state of the art DNA testing (MSQPCR) to identify molds that are linked to...
The term toxic mold is not accurate. While certain molds are toxigenic, meaning they can produce toxins (specifically mycotoxins), the molds themselves are not toxic, or poisonous. Hazards presented by molds that may produce mycotoxins should be considered the same as...
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