Toxic Black Mold Removal & Killing
Toxic Black Mold Inspection
If you believe you could have a toxic black mold problem in your home you should conduct a thorough mold inspection yourself or better yet hire a professional mold inspector to perform it for you. If you do the inspection yourself you should search your home including areas hidden out of view such as behind walls and especially spots around water sources. There you will probably find toxic black mold growing heavily.
Reasons to think you could have a toxic black mold problem include if you or someone in your home is suffering symptoms which you suspect might be from toxic black mold or if you have had water damage in your home which you are concerned could have lead to mold growth. In these cases toxic black mold would probably be growing somewhere out of view in your home.
If you previously had mold tests of the air in your home and toxic black mold spores were found in the air sample you should have a mold inspection done. Toxic black mold spores are rare even in infested homes because its spores are relatively heavy and because toxic black mold does not continuously release spores, and so any spores in the air indicate a serious toxic black mold problem.
Testing and Identifying Toxic Black Mold
If you have found black mold growth in your home which looks as if it could be Stachybotrys (aka toxic black mold) don't try to kill it or disturb it. If toxic black mold is harmed or disturbed it can release millions of mycotoxins into the air making your home uninhabitable.
The first thing you should do is have the black mold professionaly tested to find out whether it is actually toxic mold (eg Stachybotrys or some other toxic mold species) which is capable of producing mycotoxins.
Hire a Professional Toxic Black Mold Removal Service
Once the mold in your home is confirmed to be toxic you should talk to a professional mold remediation and removal service to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Never try to kill or remove toxic black mold yourself. Mold that is toxic should only be removed by a professional mold removal service experienced in remediating toxic mold. The correct methods of toxic black mold removal are needed to contain the spread of spores and mycotoxins during the remediation process.
Remediate Toxic Black Mold Problems Quickly
People often do not act quickly to remediate a toxic black mold problem. As soon as you find toxic black mold in your home you should take steps to have the mold removed and move out, especially if you have any toxic symptoms. Ignoring the problem will only allow it to become worse.
Do not Underestimate Toxic Black Mold
Don't underestimate the harm toxic black mold can do to your health and the danger you are in while you remain in an environment with toxic mold. Most people don't realise how badly toxic black mold can ruin their health until it has already happened. Every day you are exposed to the mycotoxins from toxic black mold could be potentially causing you long term chronic health problems and permanent damage.
Although toxic black mold does not produce mycotoxins all the time, for the sake of safety you should assume any toxic black mold growth in your home is producing mycotoxins.
Moving Because of Toxic Black Mold
If you have black mold in your house which you have had professionally tested and confirmed to be a toxic mold species then it is recommended you immediately move out of your home. Ideally you should not take any things when you leave because they can carry mycotoxins in them with you and continue to make you sick.
You should not return to your home until you have had the toxic black mold properly removed by a professional mold remediation and removal service experienced in removing toxic black mold. Stay in a hotel or some other temporary accomodation while the mold is being removed.
Some experts believe that toxic black mold and its mycotoxins can never be completely removed from a house which has been contaminated. There have even been cases of home owners who ended up burning down their mycotoxin-contaminated houses as a last resort.
Toxic Black Mold Cross Contamination
If your home has been badly contaminated with toxic black mold mycotoxins and you decide to permanently move then you should be very careful about what you take with you.
Experts recommend you should not take belongings with you because mycotoxins cannot be removed from most objects and will be carried in your belongings with you when you move. Even if there is no mold growing in your new home the mycotoxins left on your belongings can cross contaminate the house and make you sick.
Removing Toxic Black Mold Mycotoxins
The mycotoxins of toxic black mold are extremely stable and it can be several years before they break down naturally. There have even been cases where toxic black mold has been detected in the human body up to nine years after the original exposure.
Combined with their microscopic size (as small as 0.1 microns) the resilience of toxic black mold mycotoxins can make them next to impossible to remove completely from houses and belongings. This is why it is important to act quickly to remove toxic black mold before its mycotoxins spread and to hire an experienced toxic black mold remediation service trained to contain mycotoxins during removal.