Critical Touch Points – Stopping COVID Virus Spread
Saturday, June 6th, 2020 | Categories: Toxic Mold,Indoor Air Quality | No Comments
Dr Edward Sobek, a PHD and founder of Assured Bio Labs in Oak Ridge TN, recently penned some specific areas requiring frequent cleaning and sanitization for us to consider. Understanding how and where COVID and other Virus and Bacteria to spread via contact transmission augments our understanding on how to educate ourselves, family and staff’s […]
Read More »COVID 19 Environmental Air and Surface Testing @ Home and Work
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 | Categories: Assisted Living Facilities, Bacteria Health Risks, Commercial Building Inspections, Commercial Inspections, Indoor Air Quality, Sick Building, Surgical Centers, Toxic Mold,Indoor Air Quality | No Comments
COVID – 19 Testing As an essential service, Volunteer Mold and Indoor Air Quality,is responding to a surge of requests from Home and Building Owners for surface and air testing before and after professional cleaning has been conducted. Volunteer Mold and Indoor Air Quality Services can safely perform testing for Residential and Commercial Clients in […]
Read More »COVID – 19 Latest Research is Suprising.
Friday, April 17th, 2020 | Categories: Toxic Mold,Indoor Air Quality | No Comments
If you’re like me, the volume of information on COVID 19, hyped by media has been overwhelming. Sadly, much of what was propertied as factual a few weeks ago, has been inaccurate and only served to confuse a frighten us as consumers, business and home owners. How to sort thru what is factual and relevant […]
Read More »Why are my Children So Sick? Mold Exposure?
Friday, April 17th, 2020 | Categories: Toxic Mold,Indoor Air Quality | No Comments
Mold & Children Mold can have disastrous impact on the most vulnerable among us. Studies are indicating that long-term exposure to even moderate levels of mold in our infancy and youth can have a lifetime impact on us. Children and Senior Citizens are especially prone to the impact of mold and mycotoxin exposure. When we […]
Read More »How to: Avoid Buying Dope Property in Tennessee
Monday, June 25th, 2018 | Categories: Air Quality in Cars, Children and Mold, Commercial Inspections, Dope House, Indoor Air Quality, Meth Labs, Sick Building, Toxic Mold,Indoor Air Quality | No Comments
How to Avoid buying Dope Property in Tennessee First, ask your realtor, if there are any required disclosures for homes known to house illegal drug manufacturing, sales or use. You’re likely to get a blank look and maybe the question, “Why would you ask that?” The reason for asking is the same reason you would […]
Read More »The Dope Home Nightmare
Monday, June 25th, 2018 | Categories: Air Quality in Cars, Commercial Building Inspections, Dope House, Indoor Air Quality, Meth Labs, Sick Building, Toxic Chemicals, Trucks and RVs | No Comments
The “Dope Home” Nightmare A “meth home” is commonly thought to be a building were meth has been manufactured. However, it can be defined more liberally as, a place where meth has been used or where chemicals and wastes have been discarded or stored. All such activity contaminates the buildings and will likely impact the […]
Read More »Causes and Sources of Mold Growth
Thursday, June 14th, 2018 | Categories: Bacteria Health Risks, Black Mold, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Commercial Inspections, Crawl Space Encapsulations, Flooding, Indoor Air Quality, Sick Building, Thermography, Water Leaks | No Comments
Underlying Causes of Mold Mold is everywhere. The issues facing us as home and business owners, is when mold reaches a point that it becomes a risk to health. Mold thrives in moist / warm conditions. Add these conditions to a suitable food source, mold can spread very quickly, often in unseen places. Mold thrives […]
Read More »Why are women 60 to 80% more likely to get ill from Enviormental Exposure?
Thursday, May 17th, 2018 | Categories: Bacteria Health Risks, Black Mold, Children and Mold, Crawl Space, Flooding, Indoor Air Quality, Toxic Mold, Toxic Mold,Indoor Air Quality, Water Leaks | No Comments
Women are much more likely to become sick due to environmentally acquired illnesses than men. Though this is a widely accepted fact in the medical community, there isn’t a clear reason as to why. There have been a number of factors which have been hypothesized through studies and doctors’ experiences. As a society, we are […]
Read More »Does your Crawl Space Smell Like Cat Pee?
Thursday, April 19th, 2018 | Categories: Crawl Space, Crawl Space Encapsulations | No Comments
We frequently get calls from clients, who have sometimes spent thousands of dollars on crawl space encapsulation systems and from folks with typical plastic vapor barriers, complaining of a strong urine odor down below and in their homes. Some inspectors have told me that its the plastics used or a family feline. I have found […]
Read More »Are we poisoning ourselves with products?
Saturday, December 30th, 2017 | Categories: Bacteria Health Risks, Children and Mold, Indoor Air Quality, Sick Building | No Comments
New Year – Better Health. Perhaps the better question is: Why are we using products in our homes and bodies that have known toxicity? Recently I have been reading a great deal about common products we find in our homes and the epidemic of immune diseases and chemical sensitivities that many of us suffer from. […]
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