Mold Matters
Tackling mold illness and sick building syndrome and the effects it has on the human body. Mike and Jeremy, with a combined 25 years of experience in the industry offer hope and insight to millions who suffer throughout the world.
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Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
(3:05) intro to topic
(4:20) What are water softeners?
(9:00) Do maintenance on you water softener
(14:00) Mold on the washing machine
(15:00) How mold gets in you brine tank
(21:00) How to clean your brine tank
(23:00) Don't use bleach!
(23:50) Mold out of faucet story
(25:15) What is the mold feeding on?
Friday Jan 03, 2025
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Wednesday Oct 02, 2024
Wednesday Oct 02, 2024
Wednesday Oct 02, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
(2:20) The ISS has mold issues!
(3:25) How does mold grow without oxygen?
(5:30) Mold found behind clothing wrack
(6:20) Impossible to sterilize
(7:35) Background info
(10:30) low gravity environments
(11:35) Really an ideal place for mold to grow
(12:10) Mold hates fresh moving air
(12:35) Similar to crawl spaces
(14:50) Gravity in space
(17:50) We wrap our houses too tight. They can't breathe.
(19:15) Could space radiation make mold growth worse?
(20:40) Consensus: Even if mold runs out of oxygen, it can stay in dormancy for a long period of time.
(22:30) Not just contaminated with mold
(23:35) 2011 - mold on Japanese model fan
(24:10) 2016 - ISSS Air-duct mold problem
(25:45) You cannot spot treat mold
(26:57) Story - Mike's sister in Germany
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
(3:35) About tile and grout
(4:40) Caulk is still pourris and can absorb water.
(6:30) The danger of cracked caulk
(7:10) Steps to fix icky caulk
(7:50) Scrape your caulk
(9:42) Differences between grout and caulk
(10:10) Rules of thumb
(13:25) Caulk tricks
(15:50) Are Jeremy's cold showers giving him caulk problems?
(17:25) Are mold resistant caulks good or bad?
(19:48) You still have to clean your caulk
(20:00) Bio film in your gut
(21:25) Key take aways
(24:15) Mike's Story
(25:39) Bloopers/outtakes
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
(2:20) What does AI know about mold?
(4:52) AI is a nice resource, but it doesn't know everything.
(5:05) Key point 1: No great evidence
(7:45) Story - The Nay Sayer
(8:40) The difference between dead and dormant mold
(10:20) Truly dead mold isn't even mold anymore
(11:50) myth busting doctors using dead mold
(13:35) Key point 2: No studies on either side
(15:25) We denature mold
(16:12) Key point 3
(17:00) Mike story #2 - kid
(19:15) Does tearing out the mold kill it?
(20:50) You are never going to have a completely mold free home
(21:02) Key point 4: Anecdotal reports
(22:40) Active and passive mold
(23:25) Key point 5
(24:42) Mike story 3: mock disaster
(26:20) Cannot spot treat mold
(26:45) Whole home needs treatment