{"id":881,"date":"2017-07-31T02:28:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T06:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/?p=881"},"modified":"2017-07-21T07:30:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T11:30:07","slug":"he-wore-a-hazmat-suit-to-move-their-property-one-familys-story-on-mold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/31\/he-wore-a-hazmat-suit-to-move-their-property-one-familys-story-on-mold\/","title":{"rendered":"He Wore a Hazmat Suit to Move Their Property &#8211; One Family&#8217;s Story on Mold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_756\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-756\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Depositphotos_61894827_s-2015-mold-spores-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Mold is Dangerous Be Prepared\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Depositphotos_61894827_s-2015-mold-spores-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Depositphotos_61894827_s-2015-mold-spores.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mold is Dangerous Be Prepared<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When a neighbor mentioned that her apartment had mold, the Baker family realized they might have figured out the cause of their health problems. The parents and their 1-year-old child had suffered various <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/mold-concerns.php\">illnesses caused by mold<\/a>, including bronchitis, skin allergies, and even pneumonia. A look inside their air conditioning vents confirmed their fears.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When Mold Gets Left to Fester<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abc13.com\/news\/family-says-black-mold-caused-health-issues\/2067230\/\">The Bakers\u2019 mold story<\/a> was featured on their local ABC News station in Houston, telling reporters that their ongoing respiratory problems were caused by toxic black mold.<\/p>\n<p>An inspector found high levels of penicillium, aspergillus, and stachybotrys. Their apartment complex, Skylar Pointe, responded to the family\u2019s complaints by hiring their own mold inspector.<\/p>\n<p>Housing laws allowed the Bakers to terminate their lease and move out immediately. The apartment company now has a vacancy and needs to make the unit habitable.<\/p>\n<p>For the Bakers, the consequences of mold extended beyond financial stress and health scare. They also lost numerous personal effects. Even Mrs. Baker\u2019s wedding dress ended up in a dumpster because it was believed to be contaminated with spores\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/mold-spores-can-live-for-thousands-of-years-waiting-for-the-right-conditions-to-grow\/\">spores that can lay dormant and activate years later<\/a> unless killed and sealed off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Landlords Are Generally Responsible for NJ Mold Removal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mold often strikes multiple units in apartment and condo buildings because the spores can easily spread through walls. When one tenant reports mold, management should not hesitate to get a free inspection and move forward with our NJ mold removal treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Stern Mold uses scientifically advanced methods that do not require remodeling or expensive cleaning. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/free-mold-treatment-quote.php\">Contact us for a free inspection<\/a> and more info about the MoldExterm bioremedial option for NJ mold removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a neighbor mentioned that her apartment had mold, the Baker family realized they might have figured out the cause of their health problems. The parents and their 1-year-old child had suffered various illnesses caused by mold, including bronchitis, skin allergies, and even pneumonia. A look inside their air conditioning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,5,1],"tags":[162],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mold-information","category-mold-remediation","category-news","tag-mold-legal-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","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=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":884,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}