| VANCOUVER, CANADA. Many homeowners,
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| | growing on a wall, ceiling, floor,
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| landlords, renters, property managers,
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| | heating or cooling duct register, or any
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| business owners, and employees want to
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| | other surface, he can scrape mold
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| know, and need to know, the precise
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| | particles off the mold growth area onto
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| identities of the various toxic mold
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| | the sticky surface of the opened mold
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| species inhabiting their home, rental
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| | test kit.During such scraping of the mold
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| property, or place of work, according to
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| | growth, the tester needs to wear rubber
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| Phillip Fry, Certified Mold Inspector and
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| | gloves and a full-face respirator mask
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| author of the mold book
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| | with organic vapor filters (such as the
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| Do-It-Best-Yourself Mold Prevention,
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| | 3M brand from a large hardware, home
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| Inspection, Testing, and Remediation.To
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| | improvement, or safety store) to protect
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| identify correctly toxic mold species,
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| | against toxic mold exposure.To do the
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| take these two steps: (1) use
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| | scraping, use a new or thoroughly
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| do-it-yourself mold test kits to collect
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| | disinfected (with ethyl or rubbing
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| mold samples during a thorough and
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| | alcohol) paint scraper. Disinfect the
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| complete building mold inspection and
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| | scraper after each individual sampling to
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| investigation; and (2) send the collected
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| | remove any possible mold contaminants,
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| mold test samples to a mold laboratory
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| | and thus avoid mold cross-contamination
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| for mold analysis and mold species
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| | in the sampling process from one sample
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| identification.Testing Visible Mold
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| | location to another.
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| GrowthIf a resident or occupant sees mold
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