Church Mould Problems

[Sept. 6, 2003]

Q. Recently my family rejoined the church I grew up in. Our church has had water damage. I have noticed mould on the doors and kneelers. How can this mould be removed? I am very concerned about this because I already have a son that is sick. He will be taking treatment soon and his immune system may become weak from the treatment. How could this mould affect him?

A. Attending church religious services or participating in other church activities [including Sunday school for young children] in a mould-infested church building can adversely affect the church members, their minister or priest or rabbi, and church staff. Inhaling in elevated levels of airborne mould spores for even an hour during religious church services can sometimes be enough to initiate mould colony growth in one's sinus cavities and lungs. Because your son already has serious health problems, he is much more at risk for mould health damage than most people. Your first step should be to offer to pay for do it yourself mould test kits with mould laboratory analysis to determine the possible presence of elevated levels of airborne mould spores in the air of church rooms and in the outward airflow from heating/cooling duct registers, in comparison to an outdoor mould control test. As to the visible mould, you can collect a sample from each mould growth location using the Scotch tape lift sampling technique which is explained [along with our mould test kits] on Mould Mart. If you cannot afford the mould test kits and mould lab analysis, ask the church to pay for it or suggest that the pastor or priest or rabbi take up a special collection to pay for environmental and mould testing of the church building. Learn how to do safe and effective mould remediation by visiting: Mould Removal.

 

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