Oklahoma cancer patient trades her life so her baby could survive

[Doggie]

A Mother's will.

https://newsok.com/oklahoma-cancer-...y-could-survive/article/3613629#ixzz1b3I6aB7I

 

[SiNbaD]

Gulp !

 

[Bubba]

Doggie i hate these kinds of threads. Gets my eyes all watery.

 

[X2cube]

I never new mold exposure was so dangerous. How dose one know what kind or type can kill you?.

 

[tboy]

I never new mold exposure was so dangerous. How dose one know what kind or type can kill you?.

Hence why home renovations should be left to professionals

Too much of anything can kill you. Saw dust, insulation dust, and what happens in a lot of attics: animal waste.

There must have been quite a bit for it to have killed her. Mold spores are everywhere. Even in your spotless home they are floating in the air. When it becomes a problem is when you let it get out of hand, don't fix that leaky drain, where it is allowed to propogate. I mean, leave a slice of bread on your counter for 3 days and see what happens.

I use this rule of thumb: if you see mold on a surface, if it's larger than the palm of your hand, put on a mask.

The way to properly handle mold is to make a solution of a gallon of water with about a half a cup of bleach. Put that into a spray bottle and thoroughly wet the area before handling. Not only will that prevent the spores from being thrown into the air when you're handling the material, but it kills them too.

If mold is present on the backside of a piece of drywall that will be closed in, make sure the entire area is dry before proceeding. Use a fan if you have to.

When I was working in new construction, a new owner positively FLIPPED out because she saw a patch of mold under her sink the size of a quarter.

BTW: I don't know for sure, but I bet it wasn't mold that caused the cancer. I bet it was all the other dust she inhaled while doing that reno.



It is written that experts suggest that black mold might cause cancer but they go on to say aspergyllis does.

ANyhow, I treat all mold the same: with extreme caution. Wear a $2.00 mask and you'll be fine. (btw, it really isn't the mold itself that causes problems, it's the spores)

 

[King Kong]

(btw, it really isn't the mold itself that causes problems, it's the spores)

Can you explain that?.

Thanks.

 

[tboy]

Can you explain that?.

Thanks.

the spores are the "seeds" that the mold releases in order to spread. There are small pustules that squirt the spores into the air and the air currents carry them everywhere. That's what you breathe in. Kind of like tree or plant pollen: it isn't the plant or flower itself that you get up your nose, it's the pollen.

This is an example of spore dispersal:



This happens with black mold (and other types) when you scrub or scrape it. It becomes airborne and if you don't have a mask, you breathe it in. The mold itself is quite heavy so it doesn't float around as much. The spores are designed by nature to carry in the air. If you wet it first with the bleach/water mixture the stuff becomes heavy (because it's water logged) so it doesn't float in the air as much. You don't have to get it sopping wet, just spray it like you would using windex on a window. Just enough to get it damp, then wipe it or scrape it off......

A good example is shavings from a chisel vs dust from sandpaper. The sandpaper dust is much finer and floats in the air while the chisel shavings fall to the ground immediately.

Like I said: if the area is bigger than the palm of your hand, wear a disposable mask. They're only a buck or so apiece so it's not like they're expensive (oh and make sure you dispose of the mask in a plastic bag immediately because if you tap the mask, the spores can be released from the fibres back into the air).

If you find a room or an area that's large, you'll have to tape off the room with plastic to prevent the spores from getting elsewhere in the house. You also should wear TYVEK overalls too so you can dispose of them in a plastic bag as well. If the room is bad enough, you'll also have to make an air lock with a shower in it. To hose down before exiting. This will prevent contaimination in the rest of the house.

I saw one video of a house in...texas?....that had a mold problem, but the owners didn't realize it and went away to europe for 2 months. When they came back every surface in the house was covered in mold and they had to actually wrap the ENTIRE house in plastic. They didn't know what to do with it, last I heard it had to be demo'd but no one wanted to touch it for fear of contaimination. You can't just knock it down, that would spread the mold everywhere. You can't burn it because the unburnt mold would be spread by the rising hot air......it was brutal.