{"id":1641,"date":"2019-06-17T01:51:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T05:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2019-06-17T08:18:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T12:18:44","slug":"what-to-know-about-mold-bio-aerosols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/what-to-know-about-mold-bio-aerosols\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Know About Mold Bio-aerosols?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just like airborne viruses, pet dander, and poisons used in bioterrorism attacks, mold is considered a bio-aerosol. Tiny living particles found in indoor air have the potential to cause illness.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1178\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1178\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Depositphotos_6511853_xs-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Be Informed About Mold Bio-Aerosols\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Depositphotos_6511853_xs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Depositphotos_6511853_xs.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Be Informed About Mold Bio-Aerosols<\/p><\/div>\n<p>contain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/29\/mycotoxin-information-for-manhattan-building-managers-part-one\/\">mycotoxins<\/a> that enter our breathing passages where they cause respiratory disease, inflammation, or worse.<\/p>\n<p>If you live or work in a building with mold, take steps to reduce the humidity levels and get an <a href=\"http:\/\/sternmold.com\/moldexterm-system.php\">NYC mold removal<\/a> team to disinfect and block mold growth.<\/p>\n<h3>Bio-Aerosols Make Mold Dangerous<\/h3>\n<p>Whether mold causes disease or illness depends on a variety of factors. Infants and people with weak immune systems are at high risk, but anyone is susceptible. The right combination of bio-aerosol toxins, poor ventilation, and humidity can send particles of mold, bacteria, and viruses into the air.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18974481\">Researchers have found<\/a> that water leaks and high humidity are the primary causes of indoor mold. Dormant mold spores can sit below surfaces without necessarily causing illness. Moisture causes\u00a0the spores to proliferate and\u00a0enter the air\u2014making their mycotoxins a dangerous bio-aerosol.<\/p>\n<h3>Reducing and Preventing Bio-Aerosols Indoors<\/h3>\n<p>Micro-organisms such as mold will always exist around us. The goal should be to remedy an infestation and control humidity to avoid prolonged or acute exposures to mold bio-aerosols.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/sternmold.com\/mold-treatment-remediation.php\">MoldExterm system<\/a> for NYC mold removal takes a three-pronged approach:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">\u2022 Kill mold spores and clean surfaces with an EPA-registered anti-microbial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">\u2022 Seal surfaces to prevent bio-aerosols and repel mold from taking hold again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">\u2022 Inform building tenants of ways to reduce humidity and install dehumidifiers if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Are people in your building suffering from asthma, dizziness, stomach pain, rashes, or other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/27\/learn-the-top-symptoms-associated-with-mold-exposure\/\">symptoms of mold exposure<\/a>? If so, call 888-887-8376 to get a <a href=\"http:\/\/sternmold.com\/free-mold-treatment-quote.php\">free inspection and quote<\/a> for our affordable, guaranteed NYC mold removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like airborne viruses, pet dander, and poisons used in bioterrorism attacks, mold is considered a bio-aerosol. Tiny living particles found in indoor air have the potential to cause illness. contain mycotoxins that enter our breathing passages where they cause respiratory disease, inflammation, or worse. If you live or work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,23,4],"tags":[127,155,152],"class_list":["post-1641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mold-and-your-health","category-mold-identification","category-mold-treatment","tag-mold-prevention","tag-nj-mold-removal","tag-nyc-mold-removal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1641"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1644,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1641\/revisions\/1644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}