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Toxic Black Mold House
A black mold house is a home that is mold infested with the black toxic mold species Stachybotrys, which causes serious health problems like brain destruction, brain fog, memory loss, and even death. A black mold house should not be occupied until all of the Stachybotrys mold has been found and removed safely and effectively. Read all about Stachybotrys at
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and in the information below. Stachybotrys, occasionnaly misspelled as Stachybotris is a greenish black mold that grows on material with a high cellulose content or such as hay, straw, wicker, and wood chips, as well as building materials such as ceiling tile, drywall, paper vapor barriers, wallpaper, insulation backing, cardboard boxes, paper files, fiberboard, the paper covering of gypsum wallboard, particleboard, jute, dust, and wood when these items become water damaged. This mold requires very wet or high humid conditions for days or weeks in order to grow. Most mold spores can begin growing after just 24 hours of wetness, whereas Stachybotrys spores take at least 48 hours of sustained wetness to begin growth. Stachybotrys survives and grows best in a continually wet environment such as a slow water leak in a wall, or in a building suffering from ongoing high humidity levels. Excessive indoor humidity resulting in water vapor condensation on walls, plumbing leaks, spills from showering or bathing, water leaking through foundations or roofs may lead to growth of many types of mold, including stachybotrys. Because Stachybotrys
spores are rarely airborne, Stachy is usually identified by direct swabs,
or lift tape samples of the mold itself with laboratory analysis of the
collected physical samples. When active and growing in a wet environment,
Stachy can look black, shiny, and slimy. |
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