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Services
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What You Need
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What You Can Expect
Pro-active Environmental Technologies
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Services
Part 1 -- The Need for What Pro-active Environmental Technologies Does
A. The
Need for IAQ Services
It
is fairly commonly agreed that periodic medical checkups are beneficial
and often life-saving to those who routinely get them. The catch is
remembering or taking the time to schedule them.
The same holds true for periodic evaluations of the relative sickness
or health of a building's interior environment. If nothing is wrong,
there is peace of mind which comes from getting a clean bill of health.
If problems are indicated, earlier detection and treatment are
always to be preferred and can save more than just time and money.
They can save health and lives.
Unfortunately,
as with our own personal health, it
is usually not until many find themselves in the middle of a raging
problem that they begin to look into issues affecting their indoor
environments, and, even then, most are clueless as to the effects those
issues may have on the health and safety of the occupants.
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The
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Most
of the time, the problem which gets the attention
is mold, not because it is the primary or most
potentially damaging issue (though its dangerous
effects are becoming increasingly understood and
documented), but because when it gets out of hand
it can be both odiferous and visible. It
gets too obvious to ignore.
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The
presence of mold in a dwelling or building
is more than just an unsightly mess or a cleaning
nuisance.
And it represents more than the heavy expenses
and major inconveniences required to properly
remove damaged building materials and treat
construction components which have been exposed
while giving deference to the needs of the
building’s environs as repairs are being
effected.
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A
mold infestation ought never to be taken lightly
as it has been shown to not only directly cause
numerous health symptoms – from mild irritations
to serious long term and sometimes lethal conditions,
but it can also so compromise an individual’s
immune system to the extent that the person
becomes susceptible to any number of other potential
health risks, much the same way that someone
with AIDS or HIV will more likely become seriously
ill or die of some other unrelated form of infection
which a normal immune system would routinely
handle.
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And
this is not to mention the potential damage psychologically
and financially from mold and indoor air quality
related litigation which has yet to be precisely
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The
Need for General and Specific IAQ Evaluation Services |
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Either
along with the mold or separate from any mold
concerns, there may be issues related to other
environmental factors which can run the gamut
from inordinate amounts or types of dust and
particulates, to the presence of smoke, odors,
VOC's, allergens, microbial or viral pathogens,
too high or too low a relative humidity, gases
-- anything at all which adversely affects the
air we need to sustain life.
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Along
with discovering what may be stirring or festering
in the air, uncovering the causes is also important.
It stands to reason that whatever is in
the air is going to be in somebody's airways.
At some point the body will either rebel
or succumb. Either way, it is a problem waiting
to happen and can be averted if caught in time.
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exception, the key to mitigating any of these expensive
consequences is early detection, for the longer a mold
or indoor air quality problem persists, the more widespread
and dangerous it becomes, and the more costly it will
be to fix it and those it has affected. |
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A. The
Need for IAQ Services
It's a much-needed checkup for your building and the air you are breathing.
1. The Need for Mold Services
There's more than the appearance or lack of visible mold at stake. It could be your health and life!
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2. The Need for General and Specific IAQ Evaluation Services
What you are breathing is either helping you stay healthy or making you sick.
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B. Diagnostics -- Getting to the Source and Extent of the Problem
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1. Visual
Mold Inspection
Start with the obvious. If you can see it, it must be taken away.
2. Surface Sampling
Not every discoloration is mold. Better know the difference. Can you tell?
3. Air Sampling
It's what you can't see in the air but are still breathing that can be the most harmful. Here's how to check it out.
a. Active
vs. Passive Air Sampling
Two ways to find out what's in the air and which is best.
(1) Passive
Air Sampling
Waiting for the contaminates to decide to hit the target on their own. Nice when it works, but how often is that?
(2) Active
Air Sampling
It's about going after what is in the air so you really know what you are dealing with.
b. Two
Types of Active Air Samplers
Specific ways to target specific contaminates.
(1) Total
Particulates
Getting a count of everything that wants to go into your airways.
(2) Viable
Colony Count
Besides being just downright obnoxious, how likely is what you are breathing going to cause an infestation or an infection?
4. Minimally
Invasive Boroscope® Inspection
This is a chance to see what is going on inside wall cavities and other out-of-sight places.
5. Moisture
Detection
Mold and pathogens, like us, need moisture. Are we giving them an opportunity to thrive?
C. Correctives
Knowing what is wrong is only part of the battle. Now let's explore our options for fixing the problem.
D. Abatement
When we talk about getting rid of mold, what are we really talking about?
1. Notice.
Venture into the Mold Zone only with extreme care and protective measures.
2. The
Options
Is there only one way to proceed, and if there are alternatives, what are they and how effective can they be?
a. Standard
("Conventional") Protocol
-- Ox cart technology in a space age world.
(1) The
Procedures of Conventional Protocol
If we are going to use yesterday's technology, let's at least do it the right way.
(2) The
Prerequisites for Conventional Protocol
There are certain things that must be done FIRST before going after mold in the conventional way.
b. Superior
Protocol --
Introduction to "BATT" (Best Available Today's Technology) -- For Mold, Odor, and Microbial Abatement.
E. Mold
Prevention and Indoor Air Quality Programs
It's one thing to get rid of an existing problem, but do we want a repeat appearance?
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