Mold and Fungus can be found almost everywhere in the indoor and outdoor environment.  They have the ability to grow on practically any organic substance, as long as there is moisture and a food source present.  Molds can grow on various building materials such as wallpaper, ceiling tiles, paper, carpet, foods and insulation.  These and other building materials act as a food source to promote mold growth and amplification when they are impacted with excessive moisture.  When excessive moisture is allowed to accumulate in building materials, homes and buildings, mold growth will often occur, especially in cases where the moisture problem remains undiscovered or unaddressed.  Molds reproduce by making microscopic spores that become airborne and travel through the indoor and outdoor air continuously.  When the spores settle on a damp building material indoors, they may begin growing and digesting whichever building material they inhabited.  In order to prevent or limit potential mold growth the water intrusion source must be remedied, and the subsequent moisture must be removed.

Excessive water accumulation that is undiscovered or unaddressed can stimulate the growth of many different types of mold.  Although all molds have the potential to cause health effects, certain molds produce mycotoxins that can be especially hazardous to the elderly, young children and immunocompromised individuals.  In order to detect the genius, species and locations of all visible and invisible mold growth H2 Environmental Consulting Services Inc. utilizes the state of the art sampling equipment and sampling protocols. 

H2 Environmental has over nine years of experience performing different types of microbial testing varying from air sampling, bulk sampling, surface sampling and wall cavity inspecting/sampling.  The sampling protocols used adhere to the guidelines established by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists in the Bioaerosols Assessment and Control textbook.  The staff at H2 Environmental includes Registered Environmental Assessors (REA), Certified Asbestos Consultants (CAC) and Certified Indoor Environmentalists (CIE).

The wall cavity inspecting/sampling is performed with the use of modern technology that is capable of viewing and conducting air sampling inside of the wall cavities to detect mold spores, mold growth and amplification.  These particular sampling tools are called the bore-a-scope and wall check kit.  The bore-a-scope allows are inspectors to view within the wall cavity an entire 360º, eliminating the need for costly demolition associated with the investigation of hidden mold growth.  In addition during our mold and fungus assessments H2 Environmental will conduct moisture and humidity testing to determine the buildings potential to stimulate mold growth.

All of the mold and fungus samples collected by H2 Environmental Consulting Services, Inc. are sent to an American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) accredited laboratory for analysis.

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