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Environmentally Friendly Mold Remediation Techniques That Significantly Reduce Childhood AsthmaThe EPA & OSHA recommendations call for complex containmentswith air locks and 2-layers of poly for major contaminations.However, if areas are already heavily contaminated with mold, it canoften make sense to do the mold remediation without any complexcontainments so long as the workers and adjacent areas are protected.And then after the work ... thoroughly clean.So the EPA & OSHA guidelines are just that ... guidelines. Not hardand fast rules. They tend to be fairly general as guidelines are typicallymeant to be, and allow quite a bit of flexibility depending on theexperience level of the practitioner.While remaining consistent with EPA & OSHA guidelines, our bookintroduces newly developed technologies for mold remediation thatreduce the cost of remediation by over 50% yet are optimal forsituations involving children and other sensitive individuals.The IICRC S520 Mold Remediation StandardThe Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification(IICRC), which is an organization representing the interests of themold remediation industry, has developed the S520 MoldRemediation Standard, as an alternative to EPA and OSHA guidelines.The foreword of IICRC S520 states: “S520 represents a philosophicalshift away from [the EPA & OSHA recommendations of] settingnumerical mold contamination action levels. Instead, it establishesmold contamination definitions, conditions (1, 2, 3) and generalguidance, which, when properly applied, can assist remediators andothers in determining criteria that trigger remediation activities orconfirm remediation success.”Now the EPA & OSHA guidelines say, more or less, if you have alittle mold just remove it. If you have a great deal of mold, here aresome ways to carefully remove it that protect workers and occupants.20