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Q.
I have an air conditioner that leaks water, which we catch in a bucket.
Today I walked by the area, which is wet from a day or so ago when we let
the bucket overflow. There was a few dots of bright yellow substance on top
of the carpet. I asked my child if he had been eating something with
mustard on it, because it looked just like mustard, but he said no, so I had
let my cats in and thought they were the ones at fault. I put them out and
in like 2 hours it was back again and also in another spot. The "bright
yellow substance" smells peculiar and it so nasty... makes me want to throw
up and I have a stomach of steel. I have been researching molds, but I have
yet to find anything on a yellow mold.
[August 6, 2003]
A.
There are
thousands of different mold
species, with
almost all colors of the rainbow being the color of some mold or
another. Yellow mold is common. To know what mold it is, you
would need to collect a sample of the mold for mold
identification by a certified mold laboratory. The most important step you can take to determine whether or not
you have a mold
problem in your home is to
mold test the air of each room, plus the attic air, basement or crawl space air, and
the air flow out of all heating/cooling duct registers for the
possible presence of elevated levels of
airborne mold spores,
which, if present, would indicate a mold problem, especially if the mold
colony counts exceed the outdoor control test you do.
To test carpeting for
mold infestation, use do it yourself
mold test kits available from a large hardware, home improvement, or safety
store.. Hire a
Certified Mold
Inspector.
To find a
Certified
Mold Inspector
or
Certified Mold Remediator
in your area,
or to be trained and certified as a
mold inspection,
mold testing,
mold remediation, and
mold prevention expert, please visit:
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