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Environmentally Friendly Mold Remediation Techniques That Significantly Reduce Childhood Asthmaunit and the carpet is old – even if there is only minimal waterdamage to the carpet – you will probably never be able to "clear theunit" without requiring that the carpets be discarded.Porous materials with evidence of mold growth. Evidence of moldgrowth consists of visible mold or mold odors emanating from thematerial. Some common porous materials are paper fiber gypsumboard, ceiling tiles, insulation, wall coverings, baseboard or cabinetsmade of pressed wood or paper, carpet, leather, and unprotectedcomposite or engineered wood products. Removing the mold fromsuch items is often difficult and costly. Instead, it is usually best to bagor wrap the materials in plastic and discard.Superficial mold growth on a porous material including drywall canbe cleaned and disinfected.USG, the leading supplier of drywall, recommends that drywall canbe cleaned with soap and water. In our experience, spraying drywallwith strong bleach is sufficient/works well. Most builders and drywalldistributors use bleach to clean and disinfect drywall. Soap and watermay be used for heavy mold build ups when bleach is not sufficient.Although, in such cases we prefer to discard drywall rather thanattempt to clean heavy mold growth on drywall with soap and water.Our preference is to follow bleaching of drywall by encapsulationwith mold inhibiting paint such as those made by Foster, Zinsser,Kilz, or Design Polymerics. Note that most paint by Zinsser and Kilzdoes not include mold inhibitors. Simply choosing a Zinsser or Kilzproduct does not ensure that it has a mold inhibitor in.All of these paints smell (have a high level of mVOCs.)Sherwin Williams Harmony is a paint that has zero mVOCs (does notsmell) and also includes a mold inhibitor.We take pictures of the white painted drywall before the walls aresealed up and make them available for anyone that wants to see them.Post-remediation verification / inspection is then very easy.The encapsulation also limits any lingering bleach odors that may75