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Environmentally Friendly Mold Remediation Techniques That Significantly Reduce Childhood Asthmaprocedures were. How long was the area wet before it wasdried out? If longer than 48-72 hours, mold may havestarted to grow.Was the water source contaminated (sewage) water? Pleaseunderstand that contaminated water can come from manysources. For instance clean water on an older carpet willgenerally be considered contaminated water. If the watersource was Black Water, do not attempt to remediate thesubsequent mold growth but call in a professional withexperience handling black water clean up.Did the work include drying wall cavities and behindcabinets? If not, there will most likely be mold in thoselocations.f. Cabinet bottoms and sides are usually made from particleboard; and cabinet backs are typically no more than a form ofheavy paper. These materials are extremely porous and a greatfood source for mold growth. (The notorious Stachybotrys –black, toxic mold – just loves wet particle board.) If thesematerials get wet and are not quickly dried, the bottoms andbacks of the cabinets need to be visually inspected either byremoval or by making large openings in cabinet bottoms andbacks to facilitate complete visual inspection.g. Do not overlook or underestimate the potential for air leaksand mold contamination inside the air conveyance system tobe the cause of health problems even if spore counts do not"confirm" that there is elevated mold. Spore counting doesnot detect mold micro-fragments that will be produced bymold contaminated air conveyance devices.46