Camonhil and mold fallacy

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sharon and everyone's input.

I have read Camonhil web site and was just about to throw my sampling and investigation equipment into the trash can when I suddenly understood that I actually agreed with much of what he says.

Every statement and reference has all the usual caveats any mold inspector would have, but his appear to be the reverse of everyone's else. Instead of saying "Your house has mould contamination which may be a health hazard" he might say "Your house has no mould health hazard present (which is detectable) (by my limited investigation) (which is a proven as a known pathogen) provable"

Camonhil says he has read over 600 mold reports and not one was accepted as accurate and then goes on to say it would take 3 days of sampling just to prove clearance.I could then as he does that depends on the time of year barometric pressure etc etc.

I have a major problem with clearance too, I have several clients so sensitised to mold in their homes they had to leave and leave their possessions too.One asked me to clean a lap top and while I don't generally do decontamination I tried to assist. I know I should have dismantled the note book but I didn't and air brushed it outside at 100 PSI. I sprayed Hydrogen Peroxide 42% onto to it and left it in the sun for an hour to dry.

Wiped over the surfaces again with damp cloth to remove any residue. She still couldn't go near the notebook which she desperately wanted to use as it contained irreplaceable personal stuff.

How can anyone get clearance from mycotoxins when they can't be measured?

The best lab I got was bulk sampling for mycotoxins at 1000 dollars and that took several weeks and they or anyone else can't sample air or dust for mycotoxins.

Mr. Camonhil has now been invited to UK to put us all straight on mold and his audience is surveyors and property care groups. I have had the usual web discussion with them and have to debate with scientists that "stop the water the mold will go" they also Google no proven health links to mold.

I just had one of these surveyors tell landlords the family living in a home all suffering from asthma, loss of hair, skin rashes and CFS that the mould present in several ceiling from 8 years of water leaks wasn't a health risk because he couldn't smell or see mould. That's an accepted surveyors definition in the UK. He went on to say any mould present was from a Christmas tree based on an article he saw in a daily newspaper.

I think Fred Flintstone would understand more.

Regards

Jeff Charlton

London