Re: Re: Indoor Air Quality- who can do testing in CA??

[Guest guest]

Dr. Jack Thrasher PhD did some testing of our SF house, and then

referred us to Chip Prokop out of Petaluma to do more IAQ testing. Also

check out this link on bau biologie and Aroner (<http://

articles.sfgate.com/2005-02-18/entertainment/17358243_1_sick-building-

biologie-contaminants>, <http://www.buildingconcerns.com/nocal/

indoor.htm> )who a fried of a friend recommended to me a while back, and

then there is another bau biologie consultant who I met on this

list.. Stadner (<http://buildingbiology.net/webpages/bbec/

stadtner.html>). Looks like Aroner is in Berkeley.

I am not recommending any of these folks other than Dr. Thrasher came to

our house and did a great job, took samples and the HEPF filter from our

HVAC which showed long term contamination and then he referred us to

Chip who also sampled. It was good, thorough, still trying to figure

out how best remediate though... But, all quite expensive. In my rental

house hunting I will try a less expensive approach to rule in or out

different properties of interest, and then may to more extensive testing

on a place we move to for ensuring it is safe..

good luck, it's complicated. sue

>who do i contact to get my indoor air quality tested here in Oakland

>CA? I just had the city i nspector come out- he gave me #'s but they

>are no help.. he said my current unit is illegal.. - which i already

>knew== who do i call?

>

>and will my health get back to normal after I move?

>thanks

>

>

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>> ,

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>> Good points. I'm a consultant and in my experience about half the

>> people who suspect mold exposure are reacting to something

>> else. Of those who are being exposed to mold about a third of

>> them are reacting to mold and also to other sources such as

>> those you have identified.

>>

>> Carl Grimes

>> Healthy Habitats LLC

>>

>>

[Guest guest]

CHECK THIS OUT, this is a listing for an eco apartment, although when I

called, they say they have never had mold problems or done any mold

testing, so that's a big ??? but still it's going in the right

direction. click on the link to saferbuilding in this ad and it will

take you to another bay area inspection company, don't knwo them, not

recommending, just passing on info I stumbled across... sue

<http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/apa/1821057293.html>

and then within that link is a link to " saferbuilding " ....

<http://www.saferbuilding.com/blog/

>>>

>who do i contact to get my indoor air quality tested here in Oakland

>CA? I just had the city i nspector come out- he gave me #'s but they

>are no help.. he said my current unit is illegal.. - which i already

>knew== who do i call?

>

>and will my health get back to normal after I move?

>thanks

>

[Guest guest]

Writing on this topic again, I'm not sure I was clear. Dr. Thrasher was

extremely helpful to us, I would use him again if he was available (he

is based in Sacramento and does work all over the country I believe, he

was kind enough to come into the city, spent a lot of time at our house,

more than planned, to make sure he did the right and thorough job, his

services weren't expensive, it's the testing that is expensive, and then

he referred us to CHip Prokop an IAQ tester for additional testing, we

were trying to identify anything that might help understand my sick

son's health picture more than anything, make sure there weren't any

weird lurking bacteria or something that might be contributing to his

illness that the docs hadn't found yet... . I think it was very clever

to take and test the HEPA filter (which had been in place for a couple

years) and test it for molds, mycotoxins, bacteria, really gave a good

long term picture.... (well actually a bad long term picture!, but this

testing helped tie together the mycotoxins in our bodies from Realtimes

Lab testing to the molds that produce these mycotoxins in our home). If

you own your home or plan to stay a while, and can afford extensive

testing, his thoroughness is worth the money. Otherwise, something like

the ERMI testing that recommends is less expensive, you can do

it yourself thru Mycometrics and I am sure there are other labs, any lab

recommendations from the experts out there?

thanks,

Sue

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From: sue <svican@...>

Dr. Jack Thrasher PhD did some testing of our SF house, and then

referred us to Chip Prokop out of Petaluma to do more IAQ testing. Also

check out this link on bau biologie and Aroner (<http://

articles.sfgate.com/2005-02-18/entertainment/17358243_1_sick-building-

biologie-contaminants>, <http://www.buildingconcerns.com/nocal/

indoor.htm> )who a fried of a friend recommended to me a while back, and

then there is another bau biologie consultant who I met on this

list.. Stadner (<http://buildingbiology.net/webpages/bbec/

stadtner.html>). Looks like Aroner is in Berkeley.

[Guest guest]

STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM BRIAN BIVENS!

He HAS NEVER FOUND ANY MOLD SPORES THAT WARRANT CONCERN. ALSO THE LAB HE USES

IS QUESTIINABLE!

[] Re: Indoor Air Quality- who can do testing in CA??

thanks for the info on testing.. i live in a garage, so no filters- well i do

have my hepa filter-- but no furnace filters. should be easy to test air

qualityl.

>

> Dr. Jack Thrasher PhD did some testing of our SF house, and then

> referred us to Chip Prokop out of Petaluma to do more IAQ testing. Also

> check out this link on bau biologie and Aroner (<http://

> articles.sfgate.com/2005-02-18/entertainment/17358243_1_sick-building-

> biologie-contaminants>, <http://www.buildingconcerns.com/nocal/

> indoor.htm> )who a fried of a friend recommended to me a while back, and

> then there is another bau biologie consultant who I met on this

> list.. Stadner (<http://buildingbiology.net/webpages/bbec/

> stadtner.html>). Looks like Aroner is in Berkeley.

>

> I am not recommending any of these folks other than Dr. Thrasher came to

> our house and did a great job, took samples and the HEPF filter from our

> HVAC which showed long term contamination and then he referred us to

> Chip who also sampled. It was good, thorough, still trying to figure

> out how best remediate though... But, all quite expensive. In my rental

> house hunting I will try a less expensive approach to rule in or out

> different properties of interest, and then may to more extensive testing

> on a place we move to for ensuring it is safe..

>

> good luck, it's complicated. sue

>