Mold Investigation, Remediation, Prevention and Education

	Everyday "Indoor Air Quality" Challenges Our Health
door Without question, environments within our homes are our most important concern. We spend more than half our lives within our home environments. Likewise, we all want to live within and raise our families in a healthy and nurturing environment. Avoiding exposure to "unusual moisture or water damage" induced mold and mold byproducts has become a serious indoor air quality challenge in old as well as new homes. Not only may there be health related consequences, there may be building structure, legal and property value concerns.    Hello and welcome to AtlantaMold I am Dr. William Kraemer, Principal of AtlantaMold LLC. Helping you achieve and maintain a healthy work and residential indoor air quality environment is our goal.   A great deal of self-help is available for assisting the home owner in understanding indoor air quality challenges and addressing them. Information on this web site is constantly updated to provide you the most complete and current information available.   We will be happy to discuss with you any concerns you have with your indoor air quality and potential solutions available. Learn more about Indoor Air Quality, Mold, Indoor Pollutants and their Health Consequences - detailed information

Solutions require UNDERSTANDING...

• "Indoor Air Quality" is a complicated and controversial subject. Because the quality of indoor air may present direct health consequences, it is an ongoing research subject in the medical community, construction industries, real estate associations, building trades, and health departments locally and at a national level. 
• "Indoor Air Quality" involves exposure to all sorts of biological entities including mold and fungus, bacteria, mites, roaches and viruses along with their decomposed parts; naturally derived, fuel combustion and radioactive gases; dust, lead, and any number of other environmental pollutants so far identified.  
• Mold, Mold Infestation, Mold Acceleration are important subjects within an understanding of "Indoor Air Quality". Mold, a colloquial name for Fungus, has been associated with many aggravating, serious and even deadly health consequences.

Solutions begin with INVESTIGATION...

• Recognition of a Problem is usually the first step of an investigation. Problems may first surface through health related concerns, funny smells or even obvious growth of substances on surfaces. Preliminary investigation can be undertaken by a home owner, a landlord or property manager. Numerous guides (EPA A Brief Guide: Mold Moisture and Your Home) are available to assist home owners in evaluating a mold and/or moisture related problem.
• Investigation through Inspection is a necessary and critical action in formally determining an "Indoor Air Quality" problem. Many homeowners are unaware that their indoor air may possess health risk pollutants. Inspection, performed by a qualified individual, utilizes measurement and investigation tools suitable for determining the nature of the "Indoor Air Quality" problem.
• Inspection delivers an Assessment (Inspection Report) which outlines the findings of the inspection. Findings are dependent on the requirements of the purchaser, the nature of the complaint(s), the measurement tools so indicated by the complaint, and the overall scope of the investigation.  
• An Inspection Report assists in Solution Options On the basis of findings in an inspection report, options for solving the problem can be formulated. Often called abatement or remediation, solutions generally involve fixing the cause of the air quality problem first followed by abatement, repair or replacement of damaged or infected structural components, cleaning and remediating the consequences of problem.

Solutions are formulated from INVESTIGATION Findings...

• Developing a Solution Plan based on findings of an investigation report involves a variety of considerations. Some of the things to think about are:

  • The nature of the defect, failure or building science problem causing the complaint.

  • The confirmed presence of biological or other pollutants.

  • The scope, breadth and depth.

  • The cost of abatement, remediation or repair.

  • The goals of the property owner.

• Soliciting Remediation Proposals:    Should your solution so demand, solicit proposals from qualified remediation or abatement providers. 

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	EPA on Indoor Air
Indoor Air Pollution is at least 70 times worse than outdoor air Indoor Air Quality is among the nation's top 5 pollution problems

Flash: January 2007 Canada Issues Proposed Guidelines for Indoor Molds due to Health Effects

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