Threatening mold spores in your home air

There is a wide diversity of mold spores floating in the indoor air of your home, all the time. Even outdoors, the spore concentrations reach up to 200,000 spores per cubic meter. When the spores find a damp spot indoors, like in your basement or bathroom or water damaged walls, they can start growing. The growing fungi eat whatever they are growing on, including wood, paper, carpet or foods. They starts to produce more and more spores.

Molds, also called mildew, are microscopic fungi. Releasing mold spores is how fungi grow and reproduce. Those spores are typically adapted for airborne dispersal, and they distribute allergic, infectious, and toxic diseases.

Like with asbestos, esposure to household mildew and the spores have been suspected to cause a wide variety of health problems, from flu-like symptoms and allergy to liver damage.

In particular, millions of Americans are allergic to the fungus. Symptoms of mold allergy from mildew exposure are often similar to symptoms of the flu, common cold, viruses or infections from other substances. Even if initially you are not allergic, without proper mold removal, you can develop allergy from living in a damp or moldy house.

Exposure to house molds are also known to trigger asthma attacks.

Toxic mold (like black mold) generate poisons to kill off competing fungi and bacteria. For some people those toxic substances can cause severe acute reactions, much beyond common allergies. The risks of toxicity grow with toxic fungi amount in house.

Mold removal and prevention with indoor air filters
What air filters can and cannot do in mold spores and mold removal. Which household air filters can be used, such as ionic or HEPA air filters, and what other remediations and prevention measures should be taken.