Category Archives: Testing
A Noxious Substance: Mold
Noxious substance Potentially mold can cause health problems. Many of these health problems are due to the fact that mold can be an allergen as well as a toxin and carcinogen. Allergens are the core of allergic reactions. Toxins are … Continue reading
Too Late for Mold Detection to Rescue…Don’t wait. Investigate!
Don’t let this happen to your home. Call ByeBye Mold to get to the bottom of your mold issues. Mold infested home in MARCO ISLAND condemned and torn down. Empty lot purchased for $358,100 at auction. If the last owners … Continue reading
Mold health Concerns
If you have been exposed to high levels of mold, you may wish to be tested by your doctor to see if you are hosting mold. If you have elevated mold levels in your home, you may also have it … Continue reading
City of Donalsonville Fire Station Faces Mold and Asbestos Problems
The fire station building in the city of Donalsonville, Georgia, is experiencing mold and asbestos problems. A survey, conducted this February by the Alternative Construction & Environmental Solutions, showed the evidence of mold growth as well as high carbon monoxide … Continue reading
Toxic mold in UC Santa Cruz Housing
UCSC is going to court for failing to fix the mold problem in a family housing apartment, after a family member developed respiratory infections leading to four hospitalizations. The family believes the apartment’s toxic mold is responsible for the respiratory … Continue reading
Toxic Mold in Residential Buildings
Byebye Mold performs mold inspections but we do not do remediation. You might want to perform an inspection on a property prior to purchase or sale of realty, or for other legal purposes; or if you are living in an … Continue reading
Mold
After a family living at Vista Peak Apartments complained to maintenance about their leaking roof and got no action, a mold inspector contacted the news crew covering the story. Testing occurred after repairs were underway, so that conclusions were, well, … Continue reading
How Much Mold Is In This Air?
If this were your living room, would you want to breathe this air without testing it? If you’re in California, you might want to give us a call and see about getting an assessment from Byebyemold.
Get Your Mold Tested.
When you suspect mold, step #1 is a professional mold assessment: surveying moisture levels of walls, ceilings and floors, locating visible mold growth, and testing the air for the quantity and variety of mold spores. Determining the variety of mold … Continue reading
Mold in Austin Texas Elementary School
Purple Sage Elementary School tested positive for Aspergillus, Wallemis sebi, and Stachybotrys mold. The removal and remediation should not interfere with the opening of school. School staff is currently in the Old Hopewell Building as abatement goes on, and school … Continue reading
Does the Villa Cortina complex have a Mold Problem?
Villa Cortina tenant Bethany Anderson attributes her family’s illnesses to mold growing in her apartment. Testing by a private investigator turned up toxic mold. Anderson says “I believed it was mold. There solution was changing my air filter. They’ve now … Continue reading
From the Archives of Byebye Mold: Are there reliable tests to indicate the presence of mold?
Are there reliable tests to indicate the presence of mold? Almost all of us already have two effective mold detectors: our eyes and our noses. If black or green discoloration is noticed that is fuzzy in appearance and is in … Continue reading
FAQ: Teacher Exposed to Mold in The Classroom
From the archive of ByebyeMold Question I was exposed to several molds beginning ~1998 at the school in which I taught. Could I possibly still have “mycotoxins” in my system? Can I be tested for this somewhere and somehow? I … Continue reading
RETURN to Mill Race Apartments
After an up and down roller coster, now the only conflict that remains is between the tenant and the landlord. And the mold. The Mayor of Pine Grove stated that Wednesday’s test results show three types of mold in Mill … Continue reading
Testing for Mold in Rainy Season
Home buyers and sellers make note. When you inspect for all the other stuff, plumbing, roofing, etc, make sure you check for mold. Where there’s water intrusion, there is mold. Thermal imaging can help you find the problem spots. Mold … Continue reading
Harrison West Virginia School Mold Inspections
The air quality at Lumberport Middle School is going to be tested. Mold is suspected. An indoor environmentalist will perform the examination. The mold inspectors will turn in a report on the air quality within a week of the test. … Continue reading
Find Out if You’re Breathing Mold, Benzene, or Airborne Killers
In your home, mold can be one of many deadly substances floating free in your environmental airspace. Get an assessment from Byebyemold if you want to detect the formaldehyde, Benzene, or find out the spore content in your household air. … Continue reading
Sioux Falls Veterans Affairs bldg Falls Victim to Mold
For years the Indoor air quality has been bad in the Sioux Falls Veterans Affairs Agency’s administrative building. Now they are planning to do something about the moderate to heavy levels of brown and black molds which were discovered in … Continue reading
Why Test for Mold?
1. To establish a baseline for future testing. This allows a mold professional to track and evaluate the progress of mold abatement activities. If the current levels are unknown, it is difficult to establish that progress has been made. 2. … Continue reading