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Environmentally Friendly Mold Remediation Techniques That Significantly Reduce Childhood Asthmaconducted in Ohio. Children living in water damaged homes werestudied and the dust in these homes analyzed.There was an 80% likelihood of finding an asthmatic child in a homewith mold problems 1 .Furthermore, successful remediation of the moisture and mold inthese homes significantly reduced the asthmatic child’s need foreither emergency room visits or hospital admissions duringfollow-up 2 .These are unbelievably powerful findings. Mold causes childhood asthmaand proper remediation can dramatically reduce asthma attacks! Asummary of this new work performed by the US EPA and funded bythe National Institute of Health can be found on the next page.Reducing Childhood Asthma Sounds SimpleSounds simple doesn’t it. Clean up the mold and eliminate asthma attacks.The problem is that most mold remediation work is not successful.Mold remediation is often improperly done because professionalmold remediation contractors are not trained to follow EPA approvedprocedures for mold removal.Improper remediation procedures actually produce toxin containingconstruction dusts; and the improper use of chemical cleaners anddisinfectants result in harmful residues.Chemical residues and toxin containing dusts as a result of poorremediation procedures often persist for years, causing or exacerbatingrespiratory problems, particularly in children. Poor moldremediation work can actually be the cause of asthma.1 Vesper SJ, McKinstry C, Yang C, et al. Specific molds associated with asthma. J OccupEnviron Med. 2006;48:852–858.2 Kercsmar CM, Dearborn DG, Schluchter MD, et al. Reduction in asthma morbidity inchildren as a result of home remediation aimed at moisture sources. Environ HealthPerspect. 1006;114:1574 –15805