Cob: Mold in Home

[David Knowlton]

Hi,

Mike said it was on the medical mysteries show. I think that means it was an 
unusual case.

In Florida mold is the state flower (or should be). Some plants can take 
nutrients from the air, but USUALLY - critters in the open air don't hurt 
us. Anaerobic conditions create gangrene, botulism and the like. yuck.

design to allow good evaporation, best we can do

david


>From: "D.J. Henman" <henman at it.to-be.co.jp>
>Reply-To: "D.J. Henman" <henman at it.to-be.co.jp>
>To: coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: Cob: Mold in Home
>Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 11:25:32 +0900
>
>Mike
>
>mike swink wrote:
>
>>It seems when moisture gets into house from outside.
>
>Not necessarily from the outside.  Bathrooms and utility rooms can generate 
>enough moisture I would think.
>
>>  I believe if water is extracted out of the walls or other material and 
>>one is the dryness is restored that the bacterial will stop.If I am wrong 
>>in this please tell me.
>>
>That sounds right to me.   I use the good molds for fermenting foods and it 
>will dry out and go into a spore like state, it would flourish and multiply 
>in that state.  Molds also need some kind of food, besides the moisture.   
>I'm not up on what molds use for growing, but water alone doesn't seem like 
>enough.   I suppose the bad mold gets enough nutrients for itself from 
>particles in the air.
>
>>Also I would think cardboard,sawdust,celluse etc would all be safe when it 
>>is inside material.
>
>That sounds right to me.   I am taking the word "material" here to mean 
>something like a clay slurry or some kind of coating.
>
>Darel

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