Please don't direct people to that website selling overpriced petri dishes, "expert consult" services, and using scare tactics to convince people to order their expensive tests.
> count the colonies that have formed. 3 or 4 or below is fine. 3 to 6 or 7 you need to wipe the walls with citrus oil cleaner or diluted bleach, deep clean carpets, remove old books and otherwise deep clean the space.
Mold spores are everywhere in the air. This is not an accurate test at all. It's a random number generator. The thresholds don't even make sense: 3-4 is fine but 3-6 means throw out your books and deep clean the house?
If you want professional mold testing services, please start by looking up your local health department and seeing who they recommend for testing.
Most importantly, don't buy anything or take any advice from websites that have long lists of non-specific health symptoms that they claim are caused by mold. The lists of symptoms on that website include everything under the sun from headaches to sleep problems to acid reflux - https://immunolytics.com/understand-mold/ - This is how alternative medicine (and testing) sellers make their sales funnel as large as possible, not real science.
> count the colonies that have formed. 3 or 4 or below is fine. 3 to 6 or 7 you need to wipe the walls with citrus oil cleaner or diluted bleach, deep clean carpets, remove old books and otherwise deep clean the space.
Mold spores are everywhere in the air. This is not an accurate test at all. It's a random number generator. The thresholds don't even make sense: 3-4 is fine but 3-6 means throw out your books and deep clean the house?
If you want professional mold testing services, please start by looking up your local health department and seeing who they recommend for testing.
Most importantly, don't buy anything or take any advice from websites that have long lists of non-specific health symptoms that they claim are caused by mold. The lists of symptoms on that website include everything under the sun from headaches to sleep problems to acid reflux - https://immunolytics.com/understand-mold/ - This is how alternative medicine (and testing) sellers make their sales funnel as large as possible, not real science.