Guest guest Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 I was wondering if anyone has the ability or contacts who have excellent Spanish language abilities. I am looking to translate some mold books into Spanish and wonder if any have the ability or the interest. Please only discuss off list. Schaller, MD jschaller@... [] Re: If you can't smell it - does it exist? a.k.a. Zippy bares all. > ---Hi Zippy, I was exposed in a home almost 7 years and never smelt a > thing or seen it. it was from roof leaks and it was hidden behind the > walls. it took almost 9 years to get so bad that it grew through the > plaster and showed from the outside of the house, but I got ill with > first symptoms less than 2 months after it started. my second home > smells bad, but it has a big moisture problem and water runs and > basicly sets under the house. mold had been growing there for 20-50 > years from what I was told. it was covered up and sold as livable, > and they dried it out and painted to cover smell, but it didn't take > long for the smell to come back. I think about anything is > possiable. > > In , " bhp355 " > <zippy890@...> wrote: >> >> If your house does not smell moldy or musty, could >> there still be a mold problem? " >> >> I want to ask the question on two levels, >> factoring out any inhibition on the olfactory >> nerves that mold might have. (I can't smell >> a skunk, literally. But others in the house >> still have a pretty good sense of smell left.) >> >> The first question would be: Is it theoretically >> possible to have a problem with mold, and not >> smell it? >> >> Second, in the " real world " , is this possible? >> >> >> The reason I ask is because, we have had a mold >> problem in the past from a leaky pipe in the crawl >> space under the house, and from a window unit air >> conditioner that had black mold in the duct work, >> and perhaps even worse, the vent to the outside was >> stuck open (by accumulated mold) and was sucking >> air right over the drain pan, which was full of >> a sickly soup of pink and white mold (it looked >> like strawberry swirl ice-cream; makes me want to >> cry to think about it). And if that wasn't enough, >> I had mold in my bed for over ten years without my >> knowledge. >> I had put one of those foam eggshell thingys on >> top of my mattress. Apparently, this did not allow >> the mattress to breath, and when I peeled it back >> (ahem, ten years later), there was about 3 tablespoons >> of black mold spores on the mattress underneath, and >> some active green mold to boot. >> Again, the urge to cry = = = == >> >> The mattress episode was about 6 years ago. >> Mattress replaced pronto! There was also some " remediation " >> for the rest of the house too at 6 years. More foundation >> vents, and a UltraAire APD installed for humidity >> control, fresh air, and positive pressure. Wall unit >> air conditioner problem only discovered last year, and >> replaced. >> >> But our house doesn't smell musty anymore. We can >> turn off the APD, and be gone all day. When we return, >> there is no musty smell. What do you think? >> >> Thank for reading this far. Our society has a LOT >> to learn about mold. >> >> Zippy >> > > > > > > > > > > FAIR USE NOTICE: > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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