Wonder Makers Environmental, in conjunction with Realtime Labs, has developed a detailed white paper for individuals with questions relating to mycotoxins. The purpose of the paper is to share critical information with mold remediation contractors and occupants of structures with fungal contamination regarding the importance of addressing mycotoxins during evaluation and remediation. Mycotoxins, the chemical byproducts produced by mold, are linked with many health effects and need to be removed during remediation, as well as the visible colonies and microscopic spores.
The paper progresses logically from a review of the current approach to mold remediation procedures and is followed by a more detailed discussion of mycotoxins and their health effects. The controversial elements of what role mycotoxins play in the symptoms of individuals in water-damaged buildings are buttressed with information related to mycotoxin exposure routes and some of the known differences between short-term and long-term exposures. A comparison of common testing procedures to assist contractors and occupants in evaluating the effectiveness of mold remediation projects is offered, which incorporates information on mycotoxin testing, as well as spore trap and polymerase chain reaction testing.
Incorporating mycotoxin testing more regularly into assessments of water-damaged facilities, particularly where occupants are complaining about health effects that could be related to the environmental conditions, has a variety of important benefits. One of the main advantages of mycotoxin testing, as compared to other types of air or surface samples, is that such tests can more definitively link the poisons recovered from the environment to poisons recovered from medical samples from the occupants. Evaluating this potential connection helps to clarify whether the primary remediation effort needs to be directed toward cleaning up the environmental contamination, addressing residual contamination in the occupant’s body, or both.
More information, including the white paper itself (as well as other educational resources, testing services, and consulting services) can be found at:
Wonder Makers Environmental, kwa kushirikiana na Realtime Labs, imebuni karatasi nyeupe ya kina kwa watu binafsi wenye maswali yanayohusiana na mycotoxins. Lengo la karatasi hii ni kushiriki habari muhimu na wakandarasi wa kurekebisha ukungu na wakazi wa miundo yenye uchafuzi wa kuvu kuhusu umuhimu wa kushughulikia mycotoxins wakati wa tathmini na kurekebisha. Mycotoxins, bidhaa za kemikali zinazozalishwa na kuvu, zinahusishwa na athari nyingi za afya na zinahitaji kuondolewa wakati wa kurekebisha, pamoja na makoloni yanayoonekana na spora ndogo. Makala hii inaendelea kwa mantiki kutoka kwa ukaguzi wa mbinu ya sasa ya taratibu za kurekebisha kuvu na inafuatwa na majadiliano ya kina zaidi ya mycotoxins na athari zao za afya. Madhara ya mycotoxins katika mazingira ya majengo yaliyoharibiwa na maji yanajulikana kwa njia za kuambukizwa na baadhi ya tofauti zinazojulikana kati ya kuambukizwa kwa muda mfupi na muda mrefu. Ulinganisho wa taratibu za kawaida za upimaji ili kusaidia wakandarasi na wakazi katika kutathmini ufanisi wa miradi ya kurekebisha ukungu hutolewa, ambayo inajumuisha habari juu ya upimaji wa mycotoxin, pamoja na mtego wa spora na upimaji wa mfululizo wa polymerase. Kuingiza vipimo vya mycotoxin mara kwa mara katika tathmini za vifaa vilivyoharibiwa na maji, haswa ambapo wakazi wanalalamika juu ya athari za afya ambazo zinaweza kuhusiana na hali za mazingira, ina faida kadhaa muhimu. Moja ya faida kuu ya vipimo vya mycotoxin, ikilinganishwa na aina nyingine za sampuli za hewa au uso, ni kwamba vipimo hivyo vinaweza kuunganisha sumu zilizopatikana kutoka kwa mazingira na sumu zilizopatikana kutoka kwa sampuli za matibabu kutoka kwa wakazi. Kutathmini uhusiano huu wa uwezekano husaidia kufafanua ikiwa juhudi ya msingi ya kurekebisha inahitaji kuelekezwa kuelekea kusafisha uchafuzi wa mazingira, kushughulikia uchafuzi wa mabaki katika mwili wa mkaaji, au zote mbili. Maelezo zaidi, ikiwa ni pamoja na kitabu nyeupe yenyewe (kama vile rasilimali nyingine za elimu, huduma za kupima, na huduma za ushauri) zinaweza kupatikana kwenye: