Mold detection services benefit young and old alike

Living in a moldy environment is never a good idea for anyone, but for children it can be even more dangerous than for adults. Younger immune systems may not be able to respond as well to mold exposure as the stronger systems in adults. This is why if you have children, it’s important to order regular mold home inspections.

Can any home have mold in it? The answer is not only “yes,” but “yes, and virtually every home does.” In many cases, the mold level doesn’t necessitate immediately contacting a mold detection service. But the trouble with this is: the average person has no way of knowing just how much mold is in a given space.

One thing is true, however – if you can see a mold outbreak in your home, a mold home inspectionmust be performed quickly. It’s even more important to begin taking care of this problem when children live in the home.

Some environments are better than others in breeding mold, a term given to a diverse number of fungal species, all of which grow and all of which can cause potential health risks in both children and adults. Mold detection servicesspecialists will tell you that the best way to breed mold is to offer it a place that’s cool and damp and poorly ventilated.

Basements are notorious for growing mold, because they rarely get sufficient ventilation and, especially in the northeast, tend to be damp. Homes here are generally more susceptible to having mold, and our weather has been especially humid for the last several years. In the Philadelphia/New Jersey area, mold detection servicesare always in high demand.

Among the many problems with mold – and one of the reasons mold home inspectionis so crucial – is that mold can become airborne and travel to other parts of the house. This often is accomplished by the spores getting into AC and heating ducts. It’s sad to imagine a child sleeping in a room where mold is blowing in, but it happens in more instances than you realize.

Mold detection services can find mold that you can’t see. This is another problem with mold: it often grows in places nobody would ever think of looking or ever could look, such as behind walls and in crawl spaces. Thorough testing is the only way to know for sure if there’s mold in your house and if so, how much.

The symptoms of mold exposure can be serious in adults and more so in children. Here are a few of them, in order from mildest to most severe. (The more severe are “suspected” symptoms, i.e., mold has been linked to them.)

• Sneezing
• Itching skin
• Itching eyes
• Nose bleeds
• Breathing disorders
• Vomiting
• Hair loss
• Neurological & nervous disorders
• Blindness
• Brain damage
• Long-term memory loss
• Bleeding lungs
• Cancer
• Death

We don’t want our children experiencing any of these things. Mold home inspectionfollowed by mold removal can help accomplish this.

MoldRemovalPhiladelphia.net is going to donate $10,000 in services to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, because we believe strongly in preserving the health of kids and helping when we can in the treatment of their illnesses. If you’d like to schedule a mold home inspectionor learn more about our services, check out our websiteor call us at 833-277-3100.