Guilmette School will be closed next week as environmental experts and cleaning crews battle mold that threatens the health of students and staff, school officials said.
They announced late yesterday that the closing is necessary to clean the mold from ground-floor boiler rooms and hallways. The mold survived a cleanup last weekend, officials said.
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From the Editor at Moldfacts:
While Decongreen, which is hydrogen peroxide-based, may be an effective biocide, and may indeed be non-toxic, there remain three caveats against relying on biocides for remediation.
First, unless the original moisture problem is corrected, mold growth will recur no matter how many times you "kill" it.
Even dead mold can trigger allergic responses, so a "kill" by biocide must still be followed up by a thorough cleaning, consisting of removing contaminated organic materials and HEPA vacuuming of all hard surfaces.
Hidden mold, in wall, ceiling and floor cavities cannot be reached by spraying. This hidden mold growth will continue to emit mVOCs (microbial volatile organic compounds), which are among the three ways molds negatively affect human health. The other two are spores and hyphae (mold parts), and mycotoxins.
As an aside, there appears to be no information available as to whether Decongreen has an effect on mycotoxins, which are thought to be in the coatings on spores. So again, if spores are left behind, even if they are "dead," i.e. non-reproducing, there is still a chance of continuing ill health effects.
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Mold in schools?! omg. that's no good. please get that taken care of. try these guys out, I've used them for my office buildings and they're really good and very professional. www.decongreeninc.com
From the Editor at Moldfacts:
While Decongreen, which is hydrogen peroxide-based, may be an effective biocide, and may indeed be non-toxic, there remain three caveats against relying on biocides for remediation.
First, unless the original moisture problem is corrected, mold growth will recur no matter how many times you "kill" it.
Even dead mold can trigger allergic responses, so a "kill" by biocide must still be followed up by a thorough cleaning, consisting of removing contaminated organic materials and HEPA vacuuming of all hard surfaces.
Hidden mold, in wall, ceiling and floor cavities cannot be reached by spraying. This hidden mold growth will continue to emit mVOCs (microbial volatile organic compounds), which are among the three ways molds negatively affect human health. The other two are spores and hyphae (mold parts), and mycotoxins.
As an aside, there appears to be no information available as to whether Decongreen has an effect on mycotoxins, which are thought to be in the coatings on spores. So again, if spores are left behind, even if they are "dead," i.e. non-reproducing, there is still a chance of continuing ill health effects.