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Environmentally Friendly Mold Remediation Techniques That Significantly Reduce Childhood AsthmaSanding, dry ice blasting or baking soda blasting ofcontaminated wood will result in a remediation projectbeing classified as major even if the area involved is small.That is because those techniques create high levels of moldfragments and have the potential to release toxic chemicalsfrom many kinds of pressure treated wood being soremediated.4. Ability to Easily Contain.The ability to control the mold spores that will always be releasedduring the demolition can have a dominant impact on theclassification (and cost) of mold removal.Example #1: 80% of all mold remediation work is at thebottom few feet (sometimes few inches) of wall. In almost allcases, no matter how many linear feet of wall is contaminatedwith mold, mold removal can be done easily and cheaplyusing what we call local source-level containment.In the picture to theright, a flexible ductconnected to a 1200 cfmaxial fan located outsidethe unit (see picturebelow) is positioned rightbeside the problem area.As the moldy wall isopened up, all the moldspores, fragments, fumesfrom bleach, etc. are exhausted outside. Typically no othercontainment is required and minimal worker protection …nothing more than an N95 mask is required no matter howextensive the work is when the mold is limited to the bottomsof walls and an axial fan with ducting is employed.You will note also in the picture to the right that we are usinga standard Wet Vac (with a drywall filter). The Vac is located60