Re: cities with least/ most mold

[Guest guest]

Barb,

Have not had the time to search my files, I know it is here somewhere in my

computer, but it was one of those days that I was in a hurry and only in that

moment in time did it make sense to me just where I filed that item with the

notion, " oh I will remember that..... " Then again it could just be my

wishful thinking that there are 10 cities that exist with the least amount of

mold

problems.....or the wish that I had saved that list to my files....ah, there

are so many possibilities to this MIA item of mine. Will try to make time

this w/e to look for this elusive, " Top 10 best cities for mold. " I was

hoping for an easy way out where someone would say yeah, here it is and it

would

be posted.

In a message dated 6/15/2007 12:01:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

barb1283@... writes:

My email went before I put link on it to mostt moldy states posting.

Again, I also could not find anything that was about least moldy,

unless you are refering to 'bottom' five on mold moldy, would equal 5

least moldy states:

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> Yes I remember this one though the list I am thinking of was

specific for

> mold.

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[Guest guest]

My email went before I put link on it to mostt moldy states posting.

Again, I also could not find anything that was about least moldy,

unless you are refering to 'bottom' five on mold moldy, would equal 5

least moldy states:

/message/49642

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> Yes I remember this one though the list I am thinking of was

specific for

> mold.

[Guest guest]

I really dont see how they could deturmine least or most moldy states,

by moldy homes reported? that wouldn't be precise. by mold counts

outdoors? that could vary daily and could even depend on which way the

wind blows and from where. crop states vs. non-crop states? states with

tress,weeds,swamps,rivers,lakes, more waste sludge vs. less, cooler

states vs. hotter ones, dirt vs. sand, rain vs. dry.

what side of a mountain your on, east vs.west, north vs. south. shady

vs. sunny, all factors in. our they just adding add mold counts

throughout the year and reporting the highest as being the moldyest?

evem if you lived at the north pole where snow and moisture kept the

counts down outside, condensation and tracking in snow, burning wood

ect. could lead to indoor mold problems.

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> > Yes I remember this one though the list I am thinking of was

> specific for

> > mold.

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[Guest guest]

, I was interested in finding if there was such a list also.

Although I think the list from the National Lung Association is a good

point of reference since I do believe that mold spores would be

included in the particulate count. Certainly the lung association

knows mold is a problem for people with lung disease! ...also

particulate matter in general as group has discussed, that is so small

it carries itself and whatever is on it, right into your blood stream

is important indicator of good air quality for moldies. I really

think someone that has mold issues, the areas with high particulate

counts would be tough for them to handle. It is a factor for me I

have come to realize/experience. Yes, if you find, please post it.

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> Barb,

> Have not had the time to search my files, I know it is here

somewhere in my computer,

[Guest guest]

There are some regional trends though. Ohio River valley where I am

from has a history of particular types of mold activity and illnesses

and is known to have high outdoor mold counts during summer. The Ohio

River valley and also Mississippi River areas. You can almost predict

that region surrounding large dirty mass of river water would affect

surrounding areas. Then there are occasional floodings of the river

banks here and there which ruin buildings which are not torn down but

cleaned with varying degrees of success but continue to stand.

I would think areas where temperatures vary a great deal would cause

stress on house which might result in having more 'sick buildings'/or

mold problems. Areas that are always in warm weather or houses that

are always in cold weather may have less problems because they can be

built for one season or another but homes in areas where they get a

bit of both, some very hot and some very cold weather may be harder

for them to be built correctly to withstand both. Just a guess on

these thoughts.

However I could not find a 'trend' in list of least moldy listing.

Seemed random and wonder if it would be the same from year to year,

and as was said what data was used to determine.

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> I think that the situation for people with mold illness varies much

more

[Guest guest]

Barb, don't you think raw mold counts are somewhat meaningless if they don't

break it down by species?

Also, many of the spres from Aspergillus and Penicillium species are so

small (around 2 microns) that they tend to go right through the Air-O-Cell

type traps, or bounce off the filter medium so the 'spore counts' that they

deliver might be substantially lower than the real amount of spores.

Also, those traps have NO WAY OF DETERMINING WHAT IS IN FUNGAL FRAGMENTS

THAT ARE TRAPPED.. and particulate material in the trap when sampling

outside often overwhelms the spores so that counts can't be done, making the

results semi meaningless.