A short lecture discussing limitations of air sampling for mold detection. The speaker contrasts bodily mycotoxin testing with environmental air tests and explains that some harmful molds (dark, sticky, hidden species like Chaetomium) often reside in concealed, damp locations and may not release spores into the air, so air tests can appear ‘fine’ despite true contamination.
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This is so important. Okay? People are like, well, my air was tested. It was fine. Right? Right. You've heard this. So you might have gone to the doc, got a urinary mycotoxin test. That's to test your body. You pee in a cup, and they measure. Are you excreting mycotoxins from possible exposure? And then you say, well, let's test my house, in my office. The guy comes out to some air sampling in your bedroom, in your kitchen, like, hey, it looks good. So you're like, what is going on? What's happening? Yeah. So the aspergillus pedicillin typically will grow, and they will often go in the air. So you might see remnants of those in the air, and that could be an issue. But these really nasty molds are dark, sticky black, and they like dark, hidden corners. So typically, say there's catomium in a building, it's going to be under the floorboards, in a crawl space, it's going to be somewhere dark and dank. And they rarely release spores into the air. So it's very common to not see them. Even if there's a real issue in your home, they.